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De torens van Hendrick de Keyser en de horizon van Amsterdam.
The towers of Hendrick de Keyser and the horizon of Amsterdam.

JAN DE HEER

vertaling in het Engels: Donald Gardner

“Between 1606 and 1621 the city architect Hendrick de Keyser (1565-1621) designed nine new towers for Amsterdam. Also during this period a large number of monumental panoramas of the city was printed. The theme of these panoramas was the genesis of a new cityscape. The principal feature in these views of Amsterdam was its towers. There must have been a quite exceptional concern with the appearance of the city during this period. This was true not only of the shape of the city map, but of the city’s silhouette as well. The city government and its architect were clearly very much aware of the monumental value of the towers for Amsterdam’s cityscape.”
The subject of this publication is about the creation of the tower project and his chorography as a skyline of the historical city, as well as the architecture of the towers.

ISBN 978 90-71346-30-9, 160 pgs.,
hardcover, illustrated in black/white,  2000
Dutch/English text  - all texts about the towers in Dutch/English; each chapter has a summary in English.
Price Euro 23,00

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In het begin van de 17de eeuw werd in korte tijd het profiel van Amsterdams historische stad gebouwd. Hendrick de Keyser was de architect en gaf daarmee de stad haar gezicht. De skyline van De Keyser is nog steeds de vaste maatstaf voor iedere hoogbouwingreep in de stad. Onderwerp van deze publicatie is de reconstructie van het ontstaan van dit profiel als een zelfstandig spel, onafhankelijk van de grote stadsuitbreidingen uit diezelfde tijd.

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