Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585-170002 This beautifully illustrated book provides a complete overview of the art of the Southern Netherlands from 1585 to 1700. The author examines the development of Flemish and specifically Antwerp painting, the work of Rubens and other leading masters, and the Antwerp tradition of specialization among painters as well as the sculpture and architecture of this period. “A major moment of artistic culture has been magisterially sketched by one of its leading authorities.”—Larry Silver, The Art Book“Consistently rewarding . . . a book that is going to transform how Flemish art is understood.”—Jeremy Wood, Apollo Magazine“As well as examining the output and influence of leading figures such as Rubens and Van Dyke, Vlieghe provides the historical, social and cultural context for the development of history painting and other specializations. . . . This book will attract both the informed and general reader.”—Alison Smith, Art Newspaper“Essential for current study of Belgian art.”—ChoiceHans Vlieghe is professor of art history at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Louvain) and research director of the Belgian Nationaal Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek at the Rubenianum, Antwerp. This beautifully illustrated book provides a complete overview of the art of the Southern Netherlands from 1585 to 1700. The author examines the development of Flemish and specifically Antwerp painting, the work of Rubens and other leading masters, and the Antwerp tradition of specialization among painters as well as the sculpture and architecture of this period. “A major moment of artistic culture has been magisterially sketched by one of its leading authorities.”—Larry Silver, The Art Book“Consistently rewarding . . . a book that is going to transform how Flemish art is understood.”—Jeremy Wood, Apollo Magazine“As well as examining the output and influence of leading figures such as Rubens and Van Dyke, Vlieghe provides the historical, social and cultural context for the development of history painting and other specializations. . . . This book will attract both the informed and general reader.”—Alison Smith, Art Newspaper“Essential for current study of Belgian art.”—ChoiceHans Vlieghe is professor of art history at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Louvain) and research director of the Belgian Nationaal Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek at the Rubenianum, Antwerp. |
Contents
From the Fall of Antwerp to the TwelveYear Truce 15851609 | 13 |
The Period of the TwelveYear Truce 16091621 | 27 |
From the TwelveYear Truce to the Treaty of Münster 16211648 | 47 |
After the Treaty of Münster 16481700 | 92 |
Cabinetsized history painting | 105 |
Portrait painting | 117 |
Genre Painting | 149 |
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Common terms and phrases
Adriaen Brouwer allegorical altar altarpieces Alte Pinakothek Anthony van Dyck Archdukes architecture artists Artus Quellinus Baroque Beaux-Arts became a master Brouwer Brussels Caravaggist character church in Antwerp classical classicist clearly colour commissions compositions contemporary Cornelis Cornelis de Vos Counter-Reformation court Crayer David Teniers decorative Duquesnoy Dutch Dyck's earlier eeuw example exhib expression façade figures Flemish flower Frans Francken Frans Snyders genre Ghent Hendrik Hieronymus history painting idem important influence Italian Italy Jaarboek Koninklijk Museum Jacob Jordaens Jan Boeckhorst Jan Brueghel Jan Wildens Janssen Jesuit church Kunst Kunsthistorisches Museum landscape painting later Liège Lucas Faydherbe mainly Malines Mannerist master in Antwerp monumental motifs Musea Musée Museum voor Schone mythological oeuvre P. P. Rubens painters Paris particularly peintres Pieter portraits Prado princes religious role Rome scenes Schone Kunsten Antwerpen sculpture Seghers seventeenth century Southern Netherlands Stighelen still-life style stylistic Theodoor Thulden tion tradition Vienna Vlieghe
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Back to Nature: The Green and the Real in the Late Renaissance Robert N. Watson,Robert Watson No preview available - 2007 |
Die Signatur: Formen und Funktionen vom Mittelalter bis zum 17. Jahrhundert Tobias Burg No preview available - 2007 |