Art of the Dutch Republic
Published on 11. March 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-297-83519-6 (ISBN)
Description
This interpretive study of the artistic culture of the Dutch Republic in the 17th century describes the art of the period as it was experienced by the people of the period and how it appears to us today. The book investigates the 17th-century Dutch art market, the themes of Dutch art and the parallels between the art and the history of the Dutch Republic. In addition, the works of the Dutch masters are examined in their political, economic, religious, scientific and domestic contexts.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
110 colour illustrations, 28 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 161 mm
Weight
508 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-297-83519-6 (9780297835196)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part 1 Making and marketing pictures in the Dutch Republic: a new Republic; training artists, making pictures; marketing, buying and collecting art. Part 2 Texts and images: iconoclasm and the privileged word; words into pictures; painters and the genres of literature and art. Part 3 Virtual realities: realist strategies; art, science and illusionism; meanings of verisimilitude; alternatives to realist representation. Part 4 Dutch ideologies and nascent national identity: fragments of national history; the Dutch scene; global Dutch economy; moral economies at home. Part 5 Portraiture and the identity of individual and community: gender, love and status in marriage and family portraits; professional and civic identity; identities preserved - ironies of portraiture; architecture of community. Part 6 Artistic authority: representing selves; figuring art; reproducible individuality - prints.