Seaman, Natasha
(ed.)
Woodall, Joanna
(ed.)
Editorial: Amsterdam University Press
Número de páginas: 326 págs. 24.0 x 17.0 cm
Fecha de edición: 31-05-2024
EAN: 9789463726078
ISBN: 978-94-6372-607-8
Precio (sin IVA): 183,20 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 190,53 €
This book focuses on coins as material artefacts and agents of meaning in early modern arts. The precious metals, double-sided form, and emblematic character of coins had deep resonance in European culture and cultural encounters. Coins embodied Europe’s power and the labour, increasingly located in colonised regions, of extracting gold and silver. Their efficacy depended on faith in their inherent value and the authority perceived to be imprinted into them, guaranteed through the institution of the Mint. Yet they could speak eloquently of illusion, debasement and counterfeiting.