Worldly Art The Dutch Republic, 1585-1718

Name: Worldly Art The Dutch Republic, 1585-1718
Price: 9.59 USD
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ISBN: 9780300107234

ISBN-10: 0300107234

ISBN-13: 9780300107234

Edition: 2007

Authors: Mariï¿½t Westermann

List price: $25.00

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Newly independent in 1585, the increasingly prosperous and politically powerful Dutch Republic experienced a tremendous rise in the production of artwork that was unparalleled in quantity, variety, and beauty. Now back in print, this classic book (originally published in 1996) examines the country’s rich artistic culture in the seventeenth century, providing a full account of Dutch artists and patrons; artistic themes and techniques; and the political and social world in which artists worked. Distinguished art historian Mariët Westermann examines the “worldly art” of this time in the context of the unique society that produced it, analyzing artists’ choices and demonstrating how their…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 3/8/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 0.70" wide x 0.92" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 1.100



Introduction : an invitation to look



Making and marketing pictures in the Dutch republic



Texts and images



Virtual realities



Dutch ideologies and nascent national identity



Portraiture and the identity of self and community



Artistic authority