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Mediating Netherlandish Art and Material Culture in Asia
Av Thomas Da Costa Kaufmann, Michael North
Häftad, 2025
724 kr
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While the socio-economic and historical aspects of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) have been extensively documented and researched, the role of the VOC in visual culture and the arts has been relatively neglected. This authoritative volume addresses various aspects of cultural exchange between …
Dutch Republican Baroque
Theatricality, Dramatization, Moment and Event
Häftad, 2025
724 kr
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In the Dutch Republic, in its Baroque forms of art, two aesthetic formal modes, theatre and drama, were dynamically related to two political concepts, event and moment. The Dutch version of the Baroque is characterised by a fascination with this world regarded as one possibility out of a plurality …
Selection of the Poems of Sir Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687)
Revised, Second Edition
Av Adriaan van der Weel, Peter Davidson
Häftad, 2025
808 kr
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Dutch Golden Age poet Constantijn Huygens (1596—1687) was a remarkable figure: in addition to writing poetry, he composed music; was secretary to two Princes of Orange, Frederick Henry and William II; and became a friend to John Donne, Rembrandt, Descartes, and many other notable people of his …
Arguments Against the Christian Religion in Amsterdam by Saul Levi Morteira, Spinoza's Rabbi
Häftad, 2025
703 kr
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This is the first book to offer a translation into English-as well as a critical study-of a Spanish treatise written around 1650 by Rabbi Saul Levi Morteira, whose most renowned congregant was Baruch Spinoza. Aimed at encouraging the practice of halachic Judaism among the Amsterdam-based …
Art, Honor and Success in The Dutch Republic
The Life and Career of Jacob van Loo
Häftad, 2025
724 kr
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Focusing on the interrelationship between Jacob van Loo's art, honor, and career, this book argues that Van Loo's lifelong success and unblemished reputation were by no means incompatible, as art historians have long assumed, with his specialization in painting nudes and his conviction for …
Confronting the Golden Age
Imitation and Innovation in Dutch Genre Painting 1680-1750
Av Junko Aono
Häftad, 2025
724 kr
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Is it possible to talk about Dutch art after 1680 outside the prevailing critical framework of the age of decline? Although an increasing number of studies are being published on the art and society of this period, genre painting of this era continues to be dismissed as an uninspired repetition of …
Dangerous Drugs
The Self-Presentation of the Merchant-Poet Joannes Six van Chandelier (1620-1695)
Av Ronny Spaans
Häftad, 2025
808 kr
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In the 17th century, the Dutch Republic was the centre of the world trade in exotic drugs and spices. They were sought after both as medicines, and as luxury objects for the bourgeois class, giving rise to a medical and moral anxiety in the Republic. This ambivalent view on exotic drugs is the …
Financing Poor Relief through Charitable Collections in Dutch Towns, c. 1600-1800
Häftad, 2025
724 kr
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In the Dutch Republic, charitable collections, which formed the financial backbone of many poor relief institutions, were regularly organised by both religious and secular authorities. This book examines both the policies of church boards and town councils in organising these charitable appeals, as …
Painted Alchemists
Early Modern Artistry and Experiment in the Work of Thomas Wijck
Häftad, 2025
724 kr
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Thomas Wijck’s painted alchemical laboratories were celebrated in his day as artful and ingenious. They fell into obscurity along with their subject, as alchemy came to be viewed as an occult art or a fool’s errand. But these unusual pictures challenge our understanding of early modern alchemy-and …
Painting and Publishing as Cultural Industries
The Fabric of Creativity in the Dutch Republic, 1580-1800
Häftad, 2025
724 kr
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The Dutch Republic was a cultural powerhouse in the modern era, producing lasting masterpieces in painting and publishing, and in the process transforming those fields from modest trades to booming industries. This book asks the question of how such a small nation could become such a major player …
Rembrandt and his Circle
Insights and Discoveries
Häftad, 2025
724 kr
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This collection brings together art historians, museum professionals, conservators, and conservation scientists whose work involves Rembrandt van Rijn and associated artists such as Gerrit Dou, Jan Lievens, and Ferdinand Bol. The range of subjects considered is wide: from the presentation of …
Rembrandt, Vermeer, and the Gift in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art
Av Michael Zell
Häftad, 2025
724 kr
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Rembrandt, Vermeer, and the Gift in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art offers a new perspective on the art of the Dutch Golden Age by exploring the interaction between the gift's symbolic economy of reciprocity and obligation and the artistic culture of early modern Holland. Gifts of art were pervasive …
Shopping Spaces and the Urban Landscape in Early Modern Amsterdam, 1550-1850
Av Clé Lesger
Häftad, 2025
724 kr
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In this study, the appearance and location of shops in Amsterdam during the early modern period is linked to major changes in the urban economy, the size and socio-spatial distribution of its population, and the structure of the urban grid. Not only is there ample attention for the spatial …
Lute in the Dutch Golden Age
Musical Culture in the Netherlands ca. 1580-1670
Häftad, 2025
724 kr
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The lute’s cultural impact throughout the Dutch Golden Age can be compared to that of the piano in the 19th century. It was the universal instrument for solo music-making, as well as in ensembles and to accompany singers, mainly associated with the social elite - the aristocracy and the prosperous …
Mass Market for History Paintings in Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam
Production, Distribution, and Consumption
Av Angela Jager
Häftad, 2025
724 kr
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Millions of paintings were produced in the Dutch Republic. The works that we know and see in museums today constitute only the tip of the iceberg — the top-quality part. But what else was painted? This book explores the low-quality end of the seventeenth-century art market and outlines the …
Multilingualism of Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687)
Häftad, 2025
746 kr
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Dutch, French, Latin, Greek, Italian, English, Spanish, and German: those are the eight languages in which Dutch Golden Age poet Constantijn Huygens (1596—1687) wrote his poetry and correspondence. He also knew a bit of Hebrew and Portuguese. Examining a wide range of Huygens’s writings“including …
Neapolitan Lives and Careers of Netherlandish Immigrant Painters (1575-1655)
Häftad, 2025
724 kr
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The seventeenth century was a time of exceptional mobility for Netherlandish artists. This mobility had a profound impact on artistic developments, stimulating innovation and creativity in the Netherlands as well as abroad. Whereas most artists undertook a relatively short study trip, others …
Universal Art of Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627-1678)
Painter, Writer, and Courtier
Häftad, 2025
808 kr
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Samuel van Hoogstraten was not only one of Rembrandt’s most succesful pupils and a versatile painter. His experiments in optical illusion also attracted the interest of the natural scientists of his time. Furthermore, he wrote some of the first Dutch novels, plays, and a treatise on painting. After …
Dutch Ships in Tropical Waters
The Development of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) Shipping Network in Asia 1595-1660
Häftad, 2010
634 kr
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The end of the 16th century saw Dutch expansion in Asia, as The Dutch East India Company (the VOC) was fast becoming an Asian power, both political and economic. By 1669, the VOC was the richest private company the world had ever seen. This landmark study looks at perhaps the most important tool in …
Rembrandt and the Female Nude
Häftad, 2006
625 kr
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Rembrandt’s extraordinary paintings of female nudes – Andromeda, Susanna, Diana and Her Nymphs, Danaë, Bathsheba – as well as his etchings of nude women, have fascinated many generations of art lovers and art historians, but they have also elicited vehement criticism. They were considered …
Art and Allegiance in the Dutch Golden Age
The Ambitions of a Wealthy Widow in a Painted Chamber by Ferdinand Bol
Häftad, 2012
1067 kr
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This book uses new techniques of identification to provide a revolutionary analysis of paintings by Ferdinand Bol.
Signature Style of Frans Hals
Painting, Subjectivity, and the Market in Early Modernity
Häftad, 2012
1082 kr
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This richly illustrated study is the first consider the manifold functions and meanings of Hals’s distinctive handling of paint. Atkins explores the uniqueness of Hals’s approach to painting and the relationship of his manner to seventeenth-century aesthetics. He also investigates the economic …
Habsburg Communication in the Dutch Revolt
Häftad, 2012
784 kr
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The rebels of the Dutch Revolt, their political thoughts and the media they used to express them, have long been a focus of historical attention. This book, however, focuses on the largely untold story of what the other side, the Habsburg regime and its local supporters, thought about the conflict …
Universal Art of Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627-1678)
Painter, Writer, and Courtier
Inbunden, 2013
2187 kr
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In this book, a collective of specialists with different backgrounds sheds light on the facets of Van Hoogstraten’s work that demonstrates in a unique manner how art, literature, and science were interrelated in the Dutch Golden Age
Lute in the Dutch Golden Age – Musical Culture in the Netherlands ca. 1580–1670
Musical Culture in the Netherlands ca. 1580-1670
Inbunden, 2013
2187 kr
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The lute’s cultural impact throughout the Dutch Golden Age can be compared to that of the piano in the 19th century. It was the universal instrument for solo music-making, as well as in ensembles and to accompany singers, mainly associated with the social elite - the aristocracy and the prosperous …
Confronting the Golden Age
Imitation and Innovation in Dutch Genre Painting 1680-1750
Av Junko Aono
Inbunden, 2015
2539 kr
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In this stunningly illustrated study, Junko Aono reconsiders the long-dismissed genre painting from 1680-1750.
Mediating Netherlandish Art and Material Culture in Asia
Av Thomas Kaufmann, Michael North
Inbunden, 2014
2501 kr
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While the socio-economic and historical aspects of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) have been extensively documented and researched, the role of the VOC in visual culture and the arts has been relatively neglected. This authoritative volume addresses various aspects of cultural exchange between …
Painting and Publishing as Cultural Industries
The Fabric of Creativity in the Dutch Republic, 1580-1800
Inbunden, 2016
2576 kr
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Claartje Rasterhoff shows how industrial organisations played a role in shaping patterns of growth and innovations in painting and publishing in the Dutch Republic.
Multilingualism of Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687)
Inbunden, 2014
2539 kr
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Dutch, French, Latin, Greek, Italian, English, Spanish, and German: those are the eight languages in which Dutch Golden Age poet Constantijn Huygens (1596—1687) wrote his poetry and correspondence. He also knew a bit of Hebrew and Portuguese. Examining a wide range of Huygens’s writings“including …
Financing Poor Relief through Charitable Collections in Dutch Towns, c. 1600-1800
Inbunden, 2015
2187 kr
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In the Dutch Republic, charitable collections, which formed the financial backbone of many poor relief institutions, were regularly organised by both religious and secular authorities. This book examines both the policies of church boards and town councils in organising these charitable appeals, as …
