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. |
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Contents
From the Fall of Antwerp to the Twelve Year Truce 15851609 | 13 |
The Period of the Twelve Year Truce 16091621 | 27 |
From the Twelve Year Truce to the Treaty of Mtinster 16211648 | 47 |
After the Treaty of M12nster16481700 | 92 |
Cabinetsized history painting | 105 |
Portrait painting I 17 | 117 |
Genre Painting | 149 |
to Stilllife Painting Animal and Hunting Pictures | 207 |
Sculpture | 231 |
Architecture | 258 |
1 | 282 |
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Adriaen Brouwer affinity allegorical altar altarpieces Alte Pinakothek Anthony van Dyck Archdukes architecture aristocratic artists Artus Quellinus Baroque became a master Boeckhorst Brouwer Brussels Caravaggist character church in Antwerp classical classicist clearly colour commissions compositions contemporary Cornelis Cornelis de Vos court Crayer David Teniers decorative Duquesnoy Dutch Dyck’s earlier eeuw example exhib expression facade field figures first Flemish flower Frans Snyders genre Ghent Hendrik history painting idem important influence influential Italian Italy Jacob Jordaens Jan Brueghel Janssen Jesuit church Koninklijk Museum Kunst Kunsten Antwerpen Kunsthistorisches Museum landscape painting later Liege Madrid mainly Malines Mannerist master in Antwerp monumental motifs Musea mythological oeuvre P. P. Rubens painters Paris particularly peintres Pieter portraits Prado princes religious role Rome Rubens’s scenes Schone Kunsten sculpture Seghers seventeenth century significance Southern Netherlands specific Stighelen still-life style stylistic Theodoor Theodoor van Thulden Thulden tion tradition Vienna Vlieghe Vos’s
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585-1700 Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585-1700, Hans Vlieghe Pelican history of art THE YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS PELI Yale University Press Pelican history of art |
| Author | Hans Vlieghe |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Yale University Press, 1998 |
| ISBN | 0300104693, 9780300104691 |
| Length | 339 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture / History / General Art / European |
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