| Description |
vi, 378 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
Yale University Press Pelican history of art |
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Yale University Press Pelican history of art.
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| Note |
"Some sections of this book were previously published as parts one and two of Dutch art and architecture: 1600-1800 by Penguin Books Ltd., 1966"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-3640 and index. |
| Contents |
Historical background -- Late Mannerism and international trends 1600-1625 -- The Mannerists -- Pieter Lastman and the Pre-Rembrandtists -- The Utrecht School and the Caravaggisti -- Frans Hals -- Rembrandt -- Rembrandt's pupils and followers -- Genre painting -- Early high-life, domestic, and barrack-room scenes -- Peasant and low-life scenes -- The school of Delft -- Johannes Vermeer -- Pieter de Hooch -- Gerard ter Borch, Gabriel Metsu, and other painters of domestic and high-life scenes -- Jan Steen -- Landscape -- Early realists -- Hercules Segers -- Tonal phase -- Classical phase -- Marine painting -- Italianate and classical painting -- Italianate and classical painting for Stadholder Frederik Hendrik -- Pieter van Laer (Bamboccio) and the Bamboccianti -- The second generation of Italianate landscapists -- Portraiture -- Architectural painting -- Still life -- Part two: 1675-1800 -- Historical background, trends of criticism and collecting -- The decorative tradition -- Genre, portrait, and cabinet-sized history painting -- Still-life, topographical, and landscape painting. |
| Performer |
Gabriel Metsu. |
| Summary |
Dutch painting in its prime is one of the great achievements in the history of art. Painters described their life and their environment, their country and their city sights so thoroughly that their work seems to provide a nearly complete pictorial record of Dutch culture. This book explores all the aspects of a truly creative period when sureness of instinct and quality of performance held a safe balance. The work of the great masters - including Rembrandt, Hals, Vermeer, Ruisdael - and their impact on others are analyzed and set in the context of a period when government, religion and social structures were all reestablishing themselves after significant changes. Slive discusses the kinds of painting that became Dutch specialities: genre scenes, landscape, marines and still lifes, portraiture and architectural painting, as well as examining patronage, trends in art theory and criticism, and collecting. |
| Subject |
Painting, Dutch -- 17th century.
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Painting, Dutch -- 18th century.
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Painting, Dutch. (OCoLC)fst01050779
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Schilderkunst.
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| Chronological Term |
1600-1799
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| Added Author |
Rosenberg, Jakob, 1893-1980.
Dutch art and architecture, 1600-1800.
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| ISBN |
0300064187 (hardcover) |
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9780300064186 (hardcover) |
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0300074514 |
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9780300074512 |
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