Rondel, Jindrichuv Hradec
Baldassare Maggi (architect). Rondel, 1591. Castle at Jindrichuv Hradec, Czech Republic (Bohemia). (photo by Herbert Frank)
The Castle and Chateau in Jindrichuv Hradec is the third largest historical complex in the Czech Republic. The jewel of the Renaissance Chateau is the Rondel, an unusual Italianate garden pavilion decorated with gilded stucco and colourful frescoes, designed in 1591 by Baldassare Maggi. (from Discover Czech)
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Oxford Art OnlineOxford Art Online contains entries for the Hradec family, the architect Baldassare Maggi, and the town Jindrichuv Hradec. Access limited to 3 users at a time.
Subject-specific databases
While using Summon and EBSCO from the home page are good ways to start research, the library subscribes to subject-specific databases for art, architecture, music and history that can be helpful to search individually also.
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RILM Abstracts of Music LiteratureIndexing and abstracts for international scholarly writings on music, including articles, books, dissertations, Festschriften, films and videos, conference proceedings, and more.
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Avery Index to Architectural PeriodicalsA comprehensive index of journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design and historic preservation.
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Art Full Text & Art Index RetrospectiveIndexing for over 500 international art publications, including peer-reviewed journals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Full text for nearly 200 titles goes back to 1997.
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Historical Abstracts (EBSCO)Index to scholarly journal articles from international historical journals, covering the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
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JSTOROver a thousand full-text scholarly journals and books covering all subjects in the humanities, sciences and social sciences. History, economics, art, literature, and mathematics are particularly strong. All journal titles are archived back to the first issue, many dating from the early 1800s.
Books
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The Magic Circle of Rudolf II: Alchemy and Astrology in Renaissance Prague by Call Number: OhioLINKISBN: 9780802715517Publication Date: 2006http://olc1.ohiolink.edu/record=b24953912~S0 -
The art of the Renaissance in Eastern Europe: Hungary, Bohemia, Poland by Call Number: N6817.B52 1976ISBN: 0714817007Publication Date: 1976Also: http://olc1.ohiolink.edu/record=b10357626~S0 -
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Sound and Space in Renaissance Venice: Architecture, Music, Acoustics by Call Number: NA5621.V4 H68 2009ISBN: 9780300148749Publication Date: 2010 -
Instrumentalists and Renaissance Culture, 1420-1600 by Call Number: OhioLINKISBN: 9781107145801Publication Date: 2016 -
Institutions and Patronage in Renaissance Music by Call Number: OhioLINKISBN: 9780754629320Publication Date: 2012-02-28Chapter 10: "Music and Patronage at the Court of Rudolf II" by John Kmetz, pages 335-354
Chapter 18: "Magnificence as Civic Image: Music and Ceremonial Space in Early Modern Venice" by Fiona Kisby, pages 549-566 -
Music and Musicians in Renaissance Cities and Towns by Call Number: ML172 .M86 2001ISBN: 9780521661713Publication Date: 2001 -
Music in Renaissance Cities and Courts by Call Number: ML240.2 .M87 1997ISBN: 0899901026Publication Date: 1996 -
Hybrid Renaissance: Culture, Language, Architecture by Call Number: OhioLINKISBN: 9789633860878Publication Date: 2015 -
Music and Diplomacy from the Early Modern Era to the Present by Call Number: ML3916 .M855 2014ISBN: 9781137468321Publication Date: 2014See chapter 1: "Concealed music in early modern diplomatic ceremonial" by Arne Spohr -
Music and Wonder at the Medici Court by Call Number: ML290.8.F6 T74 2008ISBN: 9780253352187Publication Date: 2008 -
Rudolf II and Prague: The Court and the City by Call Number: OhioLINKISBN: 0500237379Publication Date: 1997Exhibition catalog.
E-Resources & Humanities Librarian
Searching by subject
Searching by subject is a good way to uncover sources on very specific or esoteric topics.
In the BGSU or OhioLINK library catalogs, you will find subject headings at the bottom of the full record for a book.
In EBSCO, you will find subject headings beneath the citations in the results of your searches.
Mix & match the following Library of Congress subject headings to find books and articles about art, architecture and music in Renaissance Bohemia (Czech Republic) and Northern Europe. Because different sources will use some terms and not others, it is useful to combine terms in as many ways as you can think of in order to be as comprehensive as possible in your searching.
| Geographical term | Content term/Time period term |
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| Czechoslovakia | Art |
| Czech Republic | Art, Renaissance |
| Bohemia | Architecture, Renaissance |
| Europe, Northern | Buildings |
| Prague | Music |
| Culture | |
| History; History -- 16th century; History -- 17th century; History -- 1403-1526; History -- 1526-1618; |
To search by subject in OhioLINK, go to the advanced search and change the dropdown to "subject."
To search by subject in EBSCO, go to the advanced search and change the menu dropdown to "subject terms."
Articles
PAVEL KALINA
Artibus et Historiae, Vol. 30, No. 60 (2009), pp. 173-190
The Community of Italian Building Masons in Prague, 1535—1720
Marilyn S. Clark
Mediterranean Studies, Vol. 8 (1999), pp. 165-173
Music in the Culture of the Renaissance
Edward E. Lowinsky
Journal of the History of Ideas, Vol. 15, No. 4 (Oct., 1954), pp. 509-553
The Diffusion of the Italian Renaissance Style in Western European Art
Earl Rosenthal
The Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 9, No. 4, Central Renaissance Conference (Winter, 1978), pp. 33-45
Polish Renaissance Architecture
Karol Estreicher
The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Vol. 86, No. 502, Polish Number (Jan., 1945), pp. 2+4-9
Some Aspects of the Slavonic Renaissance
Henrik Birnbaum
The Slavonic and East European Review, Vol. 47, No. 108 (Jan., 1969), pp. 37-56
Karpenko, Vladimir
Cauda Pavonis: The Hermetic Text Society Newsletter (1996): 14-18.
"'This charming invention created by the King': Christian IV and his invisible music."
Arne Spohr
Danish Yearbook of Musicology 39 (2012): 13-33.
"Built architecture for music: Spaces for chamber music in sixteenth-century Italy."
Moretti, Laura, (Author).
In The Routledge companion to music and visual culture. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2014. Pages: 281-285.
This book is available through OhioLINK, or you can request the chapter through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
"Composing space: The terminology of space between the Venetian School and new music."
Graefe, Yvonne, (Author).
In Music in Architecture - Architecture in Music, edited by Michael Benedikt. Austin, TX : Center for American Architecture and Design, [2014]. Chapter 12.
This book is not available through OhioLINK - you can request the chapter via Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and it will be sent from out of state.
"Early instruments in the Czech Republic."
Freemanová, Michaela, (Author).
Czech And Slovak Journal Of Humanities 3, no. 1 (January 1, 2013): 32-35.
"Music in Bohemia in the era of Renaissance and humanism."
Daněk, Petr, (Author).
Music news from Prague, January 01, 1993., 3-5.
"Remarks on the festivities of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Prague (1585)."
Baťa, Jan, (Author).
Musicologica Brunensia 51, no. 1 (January 1, 2016): 25-35.
"Renaissance Gothic: Pictures of geometry and narratives of ornament."
Kavaler, Ethan Matt.
Art History 29, no. 1 (February 2006): 1-46. Full text online.
"The reception of the Renaissance style in Eastern Europe."
Gross, Priva B.
Polish Review 22, no. 4 (December 1977): 76-80.