DJ edges faintly soiled and lightly worn with somewhat heavier wear occurring at head and tail of spine. Tail bumped. Pages clean. Binding tight.
Additional Description
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is above all famous for its collection of 17th-century Dutch paintings. The names of Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Frans Hals immediately come into mind. These great masters are represented here by some of their most renowned pictures together with many other major artists of the "golden age". Their work reflects the difference between art in the North Netherlands and other European countries in the same period: a predominantly public character and courtly style elsewhere, here a prevailing private character conforming to the taste of bourgeoois patrons who had no need of glamorous elegance. Geographically small, 17th-century Holland was extraordinarily rich in men of talent and even genius. Many artists specialized in one or two fields in which they then developed the highest degree of technical mastery. Outstanding examples of these various categories are reproduced here, portraits, genre, still life and animal paintings, land- and seascapes, etc.
In 48 colour plates this volume gives a wide representation of Dutch painting in the 17th century, which was one of the really great epochs of pictorial art, preceded by a few notable specimens of North-Netherlandish masters of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concluding with a few examples of 18th- and 19th-century Dutch art and of foreign schools. The accompanying analyses facilitate the recognition of aesthetic qualities in the paintings and give an insight into the development of Dutch art at the time. - from the blurb.
Book Information
- Author : Van Guldener, Hermine
- Publisher : Knorr & Hirth Verlag
- Book Condition
: Very Good - Jacket Condition : Very Good -
- Book Type : Hard Cover
- Published Location : Hannover
- Published Year : 1981
- Book Edition : reprint
- Book Number : UE20635
- ISBN : 3782121112