Art and the Culture of Love in Seventeenth-Century Holland

Klappentext Reconstitutes the viewpoints from which works of art in seventeenth-century Holland were understood. Zusammenfassung Art and the Culture of Love in Seventeenth-Century Holland offers analysis of paintings and prints of 'garden parties'! merry companies! courting couples! and even landscape etchings that have amorous overtones. Nevitt reconstitutes the viewpoints from which these works were understood! taking seriously their moral and celebratory aspects. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: courtship and the Dutch youth culture; 1. The new garden of love; 2. The morals of love; 3. Rembrandt's hidden lovers; Conclusion: love, death, time.

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• Authors: H. Rodney Nevitt, H.rodney Nevitt, Jr. Rodney Nevitt, Jr. Rodney H. Nevitt, H. Rodney Nevitt Jr, H. Rodney (University of Houston) Nevitt Jr.
• Assisted by: Wayne Franits (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.01.2003
• EAN: 9780521643290
• ISBN: 978-0-521-64329-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Studies in Netherlandish Visual Culture; Studies in Netherlandish Visua; Studies in Netherlandish Visua
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous