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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Thijs WeststeijnPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 12 Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 24.50cm Weight: 1.365kg ISBN: 9789004283619ISBN 10: 9004283617 Pages: 452 Publication Date: 13 February 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix List of Illustrations x List of Abbreviations xxiii Introduction: Franciscus Junius' Vernacular Arcadia 1 An Extremely Learned and Famous Man 9 Painting and Philology in the Netherlands 13 Artistic Terms in Latin and in the Vernacular 19 Junius in the European Republic of Painting 23 1 Transform this Age into a Golden One : Junius and the Arundel Collection 31 Dutch Art in England: The Arundel Circle 41 Antiquarianism in Britain and the Netherlands 47 The Genesis of The Painting of the Ancients 66 Arundel's Paper Museum 73 The Gentleman's Exercise: Civil Conversations about Art 87 2 More than a Paraphrase: The Painting of the Ancients in Latin, English, and Dutch 103 More than Paraphrastic License 116 Differences in Terminology 124 Junius, Van Hoogstraten, De Lairesse, and Rembrandt 128 Polishing and Demarcating the Vernacular 140 3 Dutch and English Antiquity: The Germanic Origins of Art 151 The Germanic Languages as Languages of Art 153 Germanic Iconography 155 Germanic Style 175 Rembrandt's Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis 181 Aftermath: The Saxon Gods at Stowe 188 4 Actualizing the Ancients: Junius, Vossius, Lampsonius 195 The Neo-Latin Tradition of Art Theory 199 The Four Popular Arts 203 The Concept of Graphein 206 Painting and Rhetoric 208 Actualizing the Ancients 211 The Father of Painting in the Netherlands : Lambert Lombard 227 Classical Scholarship and the Painter's Studio: A Vernacular Symbiosis 235 5 The Painter's Right Hand: Teghenwoordigheydt and the Presence of Painting 245 The Reception of Junius' Ideas among Artists 245 Painting and Ekphrasis 248 Presence, or Teghenwoordigheydt 258 As if the artist were present 260 The Beholder's Presence 268 The Artistic Experience: A Mental Activity for Both Artist and Viewer 277 Conclusion: From Mimesis to Imagination 289 Imagination and Lifelikeness 290 A Hidden Room : Art as a Shelter from Conflict 300 Coda: The Presence of the Past as an Aesthetic Ideal 311 Appendices Gerardus Vossius, The Art of Painting (1650) 315 Table 1: Contents of Junius' The Painting of the Ancients 327 Table 2: The Reception of Junius' Treatise in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 329 Table 3: Major Differences between the English and Dutch Editions 358 Table 4: Terminology in the Dutch Edition 369 Notes 381 Bibliography 422 Index of Names 443ReviewsWeststeijn's book is a major contribution to the scholarship on seventeenth-century art theory and practice and is an exemplar for future studies on the subject. John R. Decker, Georgia State University Weststeijn's book is a major contribution to the scholarship on seventeenth-century art theory and practice and is an exemplar for future studies on the subject. John R. Decker, Georgia State University Author InformationThijs Weststeijn is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Amsterdam. He has published widely on seventeenth-century art and theory, including The Universal Art of Samuel van Hoogstraten (2013) and The Visible World (2008). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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