Huygens and Hofwijck: The Inventive World of Constantijn and Christiaan Huygens (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789463722292)

Constantijn Huygens was a poet, composer and connoisseur of art and the classics. He was also secretary and confidant to three princes of Orange for 62 years. Hofwijck was also the place where Constantijn's son Christiaan spent a significant part of his life. Christiaan Huygens was a member of the Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge and became one of the greatest inventors and scientists. At the end of his life, at Hofwijck, he wrote Cosmotheoros, his magnum opus on the universe. At Huygens's Hofwijck we look at the seventeenth century through the eyes of these two versatile men. With Constantijn and Christiaan, the story is about literature, art, music, politics, the House of Orange, science and life at a seventeenth-century country estate.

Author: Kees Van Der Leer,Henk Boers
ISBN-10: 9463722297
ISBN-13: 9789463722292
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 03/21/2022
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover