The Visible World - Samuel Van Hoogstraten s Art Theory Legitimation of Painting in

Klappentext "The Visible World" explores the writings of Dutch painter and poet Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627-78)--one of Rembrandt's pupils--and clarifies his use of painterly themes and theory from the Dutch Golden Age. Van Hoogstraten drew on a variety of literary! philosophical! and artistic sources! as well as from history and travel accounts! in writing has magnum opus! "Introduction to the Academy of Painting; or the Visible World" (1678) a cross-section of general seventeenth-century views on art in Holland. Questioning the motives of artists represented by van Hoogstraten's theory! as well as the contested issues behind Dutch realism and its hidden symbolism! author Thijs Weststeijn provides an ambitious overview of seventeenth-century painting through the eyes of contemporary Dutch artists from the age. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents - 7[-]Preface and Acknowledgements - 10[-]Introduction - 13[-]Ch I: Samuel van Hoogstraten in the Republic of Letters - 26[-]Ch II:The Visible World - 84[-]Ch III:Pictorial Imitation - 124[-]Ch IV:The Depiction of the Passions - 172[-]Ch V:The Eloquence of Colour - 220[-]Ch VI:Painting as a Mirror of Nature - 270[-]Excursus: Painting as a 'Sister of Philosophy' - 330[-]Conclusion - 354[-]Bibliographical abbreviations - 361[-]Notes - 362[-]Bibliography - 444[-]Studies - 448[-]Index of subjects - 464[-]Index of names - 469

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• Authors: PROF DR Thijs Weststeijn, PROF. DR. Thijs Weststeijn, Thijs Weststeijn, Thijs/ Jackson Weststeijn
• Assisted by: Beverley Jackson (Translation), Lynne Richards (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2009
• EAN: 9789089640277
• ISBN: 978-90-8964-027-7
• No. of pages: 475
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age; Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history