Painting and Politics in Northern Europe - Van Eyck, Bruegel, Rubens, and Their Contemporaries

Painting and Politics in Northern Europe offers a chronological account of political engagement in works by early modern Northern European painters Jan van Eyck, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Peter Paul Rubens, and Frans Snyders. Offering fresh interpretations of canonical paintings, Margaret Carroll illustrates how these artists registered their pictorial responses to the political events and debates of their day. The imagery of gender and power was often intertwined with these debates. Considering a range of works, including Van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait, Bruegel's Netherlandish Proverbs, and Rubens's Life of Marie de Mdicis series, Carroll examines the ways in which these Netherlandish painters seized on that imagery and creatively transformed it into the materials of art.

About the author

Margaret D. Carroll is Professor of Art History at Wellesley College. Her publications include numerous articles on Van Eyck, Rembrandt, and Rubens, as well as the essay ‚ "Accidents Will Happen: A New Look at the Nightwatch‚" in Rethinking Rembrandt (2002).

Summary

Offers a chronological account of political engagement in works by the early modern Northern European painters Jan van Eyck, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Peter Paul Rubens, and Frans Snyders. This book examines the ways in which these Netherlandish painters seized on that imagery and creatively transformed it into the materials of art.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret D. Carroll, Carroll Margaret D.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2009
• EAN: 9780271029559
• ISBN: 978-0-271-02955-9
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 305 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 1080 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Raster, farbig
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, ART / European, Netherlands, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499, Renaissance art, Renaissance style, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800