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Fritz Backhaus
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      Between 1590 and 1620, many board game cassettes for Nine Men’s Morris, chess and backgammon were produced in the Prussian court sphere in Königsberg, marking an artistic high point in amber craftsmanship. This volume is the first to examine the context in which such precious objects were crafted against the backdrop of courtly (gaming) culture and dynastic alliance politics. The acquisition of a Königsberg board game cassette dating from 1607 by the German Historical Museum in 2021 provided an opportunity to conduct interdisciplinary research into this culturally and historically significant subgroup of Prussian ‘amber diplomacy’. The 13 contributions to this volume present perspectives from art, cultural and economic history, bringing the Baltic Sea region to life as a strategic focal point of the period around 1600. First interdisciplinary study on Königsberg amber board game cassettes around 1600New perspectives on a hitherto little-researched field of early-modern, luxury objects

      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Fritz Backhaus EAN: 9783422804272 COUNTRY: Germany PAGES: 256 WEIGHT: HEIGHT: 240 mm
      PUBLISHED BY: De Gruyter DATE PUBLISHED: 2026-06-01 CITY: GENRE: ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, ART / Criticism & Theory, ART / History / European / Renaissance, ART / Techniques / General WIDTH: 170 mm SPINE:

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      c 1590 to c 1599, Early 17th century c 1600 to c 1650, Theory of art, Conservation, restoration and care of artworks, The Arts: treatments and subjects, History of art, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, Museology and heritage studies, European history, Board, table top and strategy games

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      Fritz Backhaus, Wolfgang Cortjaens, Thomas Weißbrich, Deutsches Historisches Museum, BerlinWith contributions by Valeria Butera, Wolfgang Cortjaens, Mathias Herrmann, Katharina Küster-Heise, Rahul Kulka, Markus Laufs, Ulrich Schädler, Antje Scherner, Verena Wasmuth, Klaus Weber, Thomas Weißbrich, Sabine Witt

      Between 1590 and 1620, many board game cassettes for Nine Men’s Morris, chess and backgammon were produced in the Prussian court sphere in Königsberg, marking an artistic high point in amber craftsmanship. This volume is the first to examine the context in which such precious objects were crafted against the backdrop of courtly (gaming) culture and dynastic alliance politics. The acquisition of a Königsberg board game cassette dating from 1607 by the German Historical Museum in 2021 provided an opportunity to conduct interdisciplinary research into this culturally and historically significant subgroup of Prussian ‘amber diplomacy’. The 13 contributions to this volume present perspectives from art, cultural and economic history, bringing the Baltic Sea region to life as a strategic focal point of the period around 1600. First interdisciplinary study on Königsberg amber board game cassettes around 1600New perspectives on a hitherto little-researched field of early-modern, luxury objects

      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Fritz Backhaus EAN: 9783422804272 COUNTRY: Germany PAGES: 256 WEIGHT: HEIGHT: 240 mm
      PUBLISHED BY: De Gruyter DATE PUBLISHED: 2026-06-01 CITY: GENRE: ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, ART / Criticism & Theory, ART / History / European / Renaissance, ART / Techniques / General WIDTH: 170 mm SPINE:

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      c 1590 to c 1599, Early 17th century c 1600 to c 1650, Theory of art, Conservation, restoration and care of artworks, The Arts: treatments and subjects, History of art, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, Museology and heritage studies, European history, Board, table top and strategy games

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      Fritz Backhaus, Wolfgang Cortjaens, Thomas Weißbrich, Deutsches Historisches Museum, BerlinWith contributions by Valeria Butera, Wolfgang Cortjaens, Mathias Herrmann, Katharina Küster-Heise, Rahul Kulka, Markus Laufs, Ulrich Schädler, Antje Scherner, Verena Wasmuth, Klaus Weber, Thomas Weißbrich, Sabine Witt

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