Usos y aplicaciones del tratado de Andrea Pozzo, perspectiva pictorum architectorum (Roma 1693-1700) en España: docencia científica y práctica artística en la primera mitad del siglo XVIII

La influencia del arquitecto, cuadraturista y constructor de aparatos efímeros Andrea Pozzo (Trento 1642 – Viena 1709) en las artes españolas a través de la difusión de su tratado Perspectiva Pictorum Architectorum (Roma 1693-1700), es un tema que ha aparecido con cierta frecuencia en la historiografía dedicada a nuestro arte barroco. Esta popularidad no necesariamente ha significado la comprensión del fenómeno, pues en la mayoría de ocasiones, se ha tratado de manera fragmentaria y en base a tópicos. Esta tesis doctoral se centra en explicar las funciones que cumplió el tratado del jesuita Pozzo en la cultura artística en la primera mitad del siglo XVIII español así como su presencia en la educación científico-técnica de la Compañía de Jesús. El presente trabajo analiza cuáles fueron las vías de la influencia pozzesca en nuestro país, cómo y en qué campos se verificó concretamente la adopción de sus modelos, y cuáles fueron las razones del fin de su vigencia en la práctica artística. El periodo que acota nuestra investigación se abre en la última década de la dinastía austriaca en España, cuando se comenzaban a apreciar los síntomas de una dispersa renovación intelectual y cultural; y termina con la implantación del centralismo administrativo en el campo de la educación y el ejercicio artístico, consolidado por la fundación de la Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando en Madrid (1752). Nuestra investigación parte de un examen detallado de la figura de Andrea Pozzo y del estudio pormenorizado de su tratado de perspectiva. Nuestro mayor aporte en este punto es la atención a su perfil político y social para contextualizar su formación, que le caracteriza como producto del ambiente milanés filoespañol. Destacamos así mismo la relación instrumental que mantuvo con la Orden jesuita, de la que formó parte dedicado exclusivamente a labores artísticas, propagandísticas y docentes, como hermano lego; y cómo sus excelentes relaciones con los estamentos Habsburgo consiguieron que, una vez alcanzado el éxito en el ambiente romano, pudiera continuar su ascenso trasladándose a la Corte de Viena, donde obtuvo un gran reconocimiento al servicio del emperador José I y los Liechtenstein...

El palacio del Buen Retiro y sus colecciones durante los reinados de Felipe V y Fernando VI: de "villa de placer" a residencia oficial del monarca (1700-1759)

La tesis tiene por objeto el estudio de los usos y funciones que tuvo el palacio del Buen Retiro durante los siglos XVII y XVIII, y cuál fue el proceso de formación, disposición y dispersión de las colecciones de obras de arte que alhajaban sus estancias, y en especial de las pinturas. Para llevarlo a cabo, hemos revisado la amplia bibliografía disponible, y consultado numerosas fuentes relativas al real sitio, a los artistas que trabajaron en él o realizaron obras que formaron parte de su decoración, y a la visión que tuvieron del Retiro los representantes diplomáticos y los viajeros a lo largo de los siglos XVII y XVIII. De este modo, hemos creado un sólido corpus documental que nos ha permitido reconstruir la serie de inventarios que se realizaron de las obras de arte que decoraban el Retiro, y también fechar las distintas marcas que fueron recibiendo las pinturas. La combinación de ambos datos ha resultado ser de enorme importancia para poder individualizar los principales espacios del palacio, los programas decorativos que albergó, y localizar con ciertas garantías buena parte de las obras de arte pertenecientes al Retiro. El amplio capítulo dedicado al siglo XVII, indispensable para poder comprender qué usos tenía el real sitio y verificar cuáles fueron los cambios que experimentó la colección a lo largo del siglo XVIII, ha permitido comprobar y documentar cómo, con la decisión de ampliar el cuarto real de San Jerónimo en 1632, se puso en marcha uno de los proyectos más interesantes de la historia del coleccionismo europeo del siglo XVII. Gracias a distintos documentos inéditos hemos podido precisar cómo y cuándo se produjeron los encargos destinados a alhajar el palacio, entre los que destacan las series de pinturas de paisajes con eremitas, la de escenas de la Antigua Roma, y la de san Juan Bautista...

Mary, Quite Contrary: The Novels of Mary Davys, 1700-1727

As a relatively unknown author, Mary Davys (1674-1732) has garnered scant scholarly attention and little admiration for her work. Those who have written on Davys’s prose fiction most often mention the last three texts she published, Familiar Letters betwixt a Gentleman and a Lady (1716), The Reform’d Coquet (1724), and The Accomplish’d Rake (1727), yet rare mention is made of her first three novels. Moreover, of her later novels, many scholars read them as socially conservative and as representations of Davys’s support of and belief in patriarchy. My project disproves the long-standing and generally agreed upon conceptions regarding Davys’s writings and demonstrates the significance of her life’s work to studies of the novel. By investigating contemporary cultural issues, discussing the popular genres and modes of early eighteenth-century England, and comparing and contrasting Davys’s fiction to other authors’, I explore the myriad ways in which Davys experimented with the formal properties of the novel. Also, by closely examining each novel independently, I foreground Davys’s willingness to engage with charged contemporary topics such as rape, suicide, the laws surrounding inheritance, and male privilege. Not only does she engage with these topics; there is a discernable voice of protest imbedded in the narratives. At times, the techniques Davys employed and the plots she created in her work obscured her social concerns, yet with close reading, subversion also surfaces as one of Davys’s methods. An analysis of Davys’s experimentations with prose fiction and form illuminates the ways in which those innovations allowed Davys to criticize the culture in which she lived. Furthermore, an investigation of the whole of Davys’s work and the totality of her novels—looking at both form and content—exemplifies the importance of Davys for students of feminist thought and the development of the novel.

Laws made and past by William Penn: Absolute Proprietary and Governour in Chief of the province of Pennsylvania and territories thereunto belonging, with the advice and consent of the freemen thereof in genrall assembly met at Newcastle...1700....and [as amended] at Philadelphia...1701

Contains one of the few original copies of Penn's laws as first passed and as revised and extended in the following year. During the interval between the two Assemblies, while Penn was absent in England, the first series of laws were found to be impracticable, and new amendments were made for which Penn had no choice but to agree to.

Mediterranean Sea Region, 1700-1710 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte nouvelle de la mer Mediterranée : divisée en mer de Levant et de Ponant, subdivisés en leurs principales parties ou mers : avec les observations des Mrs. de l'Académie, dressée par ... Sanson. It was published by chez Pierre Mortier, between 1700 and 1710. Scale [ca. 1:4,375,000]. Covers the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea regions. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Miller Cylindrical projected coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

Balkan Peninsula Region, 1700-1709 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Estats de l'Empire des Turqs en Europe : divisés suivant l'estendue des beglerbeglicz, ou gouvernements dans lequels sont marquées les residences, des sangiacs qui'en dependent : ou sont encor la Transylvanie, La Valaquie, la Modavie, La Petite Tartarie &tc, tributaires des Turqs : à l'usage de monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne, par H. Jaillot. It was published by Chez P. Mortier, between 1700 and 1709. Scale [ca. 1:5,000,000]. Covers the Balkan Peninsula region. Map in French and Latin. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1700 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Tabvla Roterdami novissima, editore Carolo Allard Amstelo Batavo cum privilegio. It was published by Carolo Allard in 1700. Scale [ca. 1:4,200]. Covers Rotterdam, Netherlands. Map in Latin and Dutch. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'RD_New (Rijksdriehoekstelsel), GCS Amersfoort' coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings shown pictorially, fortification, ground cover, docks, wharves, canals, and more. Includes index and ill. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

Africa, 1700 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: L'Afrique, dressée sur les observations de Mrs. de l'Académie royale des sciences et quelques autres, et sur les mémoires les plus récens, par G. De L'Isle. It was published by chez l'autheur, rue des Canettes prez St. Sulpice in 1700. Scale [ca. 1:21,250,000]. Covers Africa and portions of Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Africa Sinusoidal projected coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads and routes, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes notes.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

North Africa & Mediterranean Sea Region, 1700 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: In notitiam ecclesiasticam Africae tabula geographica, auctore G. de l'Isle, Geographo ; Joan. Bap. Liébaux, inv. et sculp. It was published by Apud Auctorem, Via vulgo dicta des Canettes propè Sancti Sulpitii fanum in 1700. Scale [ca. 1:4,500,000]. Covers North Africa and a portion of the Mediterranean coast of Europe. Map in Latin.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Africa Sinusoidal projected coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads and routes, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

Ḥawāshin ʻalá fann al-umūr al-ʻāmmah min Sharḥ al-Mawāqif : manuscript, [ca. 1700]

Written in one column, 17 lines per page, in black and red.

Kitāb ʻAjāyib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharāyib al-mawjūdāt : manuscript, [circa 1650-1700]

On wonders of creation.