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The Visible World Samuel van Hoogstraten's Art Theory and the Legitimation of Painting in the Dutch Golden Age - Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age
Author: Thijs Weststeijn

The Visible World explores the writings of Dutch painter and poet Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627?78)?one of Rembrandt?s pupils?and clarifies his use of painterly themes and theory from the Dutch Golden Age. Van Hoogstraten drew on a variety of literary, philosophical, and artistic sources, as well as from history and travel accounts, in wri...  more »ting has magnum opus, Introduction to the Academy of Painting; or the Visible World (1678) a cross-section of general seventeenth-century views on art in Holland. Questioning the motives of artists represented by van Hoogstraten?s theory, as well as the contested issues behind Dutch realism and its hidden symbolism, author Thijs Weststeijn provides an ambitious overview of seventeenth-century painting through the eyes of contemporary Dutch artists from the age.  « less

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ISBN-13: 9789089640277
ISBN-10: 9089640274
Publication Date: 2/15/2009
Pages: 512
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Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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