This valuable book, written in an engaging storytelling mode that never sacrifices rigor, teaches us much that we did not know about Amsterdams doolhoven. Before its publication, those enriched, dynamic display environments were nearly lost to us. Now, thanks to Vanhaelen, we at last have a clear vision of them.
Arthur Di Furia The Historians of Netherlandish Art
A fascinating and convincing exploration of an undeservedly forgotten phenomenon, and a challenge to re-examine our perceptions of the Dutch Golden Age.
Kirsten Tambling Apollo Magazine
Vanhaelens book, like the doolhof itself, is full of so many surprises that simply are too good to give away...
Christopher Heuer Architectural Histories
The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdamis an entirely original study ofAmsterdams pleasure palaces, or doolhoven, and afascinating read that delights and instructs in a manner akin to the spaces itdeftlyanalyzes. Vanhaelens text considers courtyard fountains, labyrinths, automata, waxworks, and clockworks, moving beyond standarddescriptions of wonder to reflect on the nature of the city, the body, and knowledge itself in the earlymodern period.
Stephanie Porras,author of Pieter Bruegels Historical Imagination
The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam is highly original and will be fascinating to almost everyone with an interest in early modern visual culture. The book guides the reader on a dazzling tour with surprises at every corner. This fascinating study reveals the early modern park of public entertainment as a site of learning and lively debate.
Hanneke Grootenboer,author of The Pensive Image: Art as a Form of Thinking
The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam articulates a position that becomes increasingly convincing as one wanders further into the book. An amazing study about mazes indeed.
Joseph Wachelder Technology and Culture
This valuable book, written in an engaging storytelling mode that never sacrifices rigor, teaches us much that we did not know about Amsterdams doolhoven. Before its publication, those enriched, dynamic display environments were nearly lost to us. Now, thanks to Vanhaelen, we at last have a clear vision of them.
Arthur Di Furia The Historians of Netherlandish Art
A fascinating and convincing exploration of an undeservedly forgotten phenomenon, and a challenge to re-examine our perceptions of the Dutch Golden Age.
Kirsten Tambling Apollo Magazine
Vanhaelens book, like the doolhof itself, is full of so many surprises that simply are too good to give away...
Christopher Heuer Architectural Histories
The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdamis an entirely original study ofAmsterdams pleasure palaces, or doolhoven, and afascinating read that delights and instructs in a manner akin to the spaces itdeftlyanalyzes. Vanhaelens text considers courtyard fountains, labyrinths, automata, waxworks, and clockworks, moving beyond standarddescriptions of wonder to reflect on the nature of the city, the body, and knowledge itself in the earlymodern period.
Stephanie Porras,author of Pieter Bruegels Historical Imagination
The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam is highly original and will be fascinating to almost everyone with an interest in early modern visual culture. The book guides the reader on a dazzling tour with surprises at every corner. This fascinating study reveals the early modern park of public entertainment as a site of learning and lively debate.
Hanneke Grootenboer,author of The Pensive Image: Art as a Form of Thinking
The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam articulates a position that becomes increasingly convincing as one wanders further into the book. An amazing study about mazes indeed.
Joseph Wachelder Technology and Culture
