Looking at Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art: Realism Reconsidered - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521499453 ISBN 13: 9780521499453

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Despite the active tradition of scholarship on Dutch painting of the seventeenth century, scholars continue to grapple with the problem of how the strikingly realistic characteristics of art from this period can be reconciled with its possible meanings. With the advent of new methodologies, these debates have gained momentum in the past decade. Looking at Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art, which includes classic essays as well as contributions especially written for this volume, provides a timely survey of the principal interpretative methods and debates, from their origins in the 1960s to current manifestations, while suggesting potential avenues of inquiry for the future. The book offers fascinating insights into the meaning of Dutch art in its original cultural context as well as into the world of scholarship that it has inspired.

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Book Description:

Looking at Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art includes classic essays as well as contributions especially written for this volume. It provides a timely survey of the principal interpretative methods and debates, from their origins in the 1960s to the present, and suggests potential avenues of inquiry for the future.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0521499453
• ISBN 13: 9780521499453
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Franits Wayne