The learned eye : regarding art, theory, and the artist's reputation : essays for Ernst van de Wetering / edited by Marieke van den Doel [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Doel, Marieke van den, editor.

Series:

Rembrandt

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wetering, Ernst van de, 1938-2021.

Wetering, Ernst van de.

Art, Dutch--17th century.

Art, Dutch.

Artists--Netherlands.

Artists.

Visual perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Artists of the seventeenth century were known not just for their skill with a brush and canvas, but also for their knowledge of history, poetry, and literature-what was referred to as an oculus eruditus or 'learned eye.' Rembrandt, for example, was known during his lifetime for mixing his own colors and for his seemingly 'rough' and unique manner of texturing his works. He was not simply an artist; he was a teacher and a salesman too-his etchings were hugely popular with his contemporaries. Rembrandt's 'learned eye,' his understanding of both the methods and the reality of being an artist, is also visible in the work and lives of other masters like Anthony van Dyck, Frans Hals, and Nicholas Poussin. Contributors to The Learned Eye examine their visions, as well as those of other, more modern artists, all dedicated to the interdisciplinary fields of art, art history, curation, and restoration. Dedicated to the leader of the Rembrandt Research Project, Ernst van de Wetering, The Learned Eye is a superb overview of the artist at work and an exquisite argument for creative and expansive art scholarship.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Learned Eye / Weststeijn, Thijs

Biography of Ernst van de Wetering / Weststeijn, Thijs

Part I. The Work of Art

In the Beginning There Was Red / Groen, Karin

The Use of Wood in Rembrandt's Workshop. Wood Identification and Dendrochronological Analyses / Klein, Peter

Rembrandt's Drawing The Raising of the Cross in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston / Haverkamp Begemann, Egbert

The Portrait of Theodorus Schrevelius / Bijl, Martin

Part II. The Rules of Art

The Contours in the Paintings of the Oranjezaal, Huis ten Bosch / van Eikema Hommes, Margriet

Aelbert Cuyp's Innovative Use of Spatial Devices / Tummers, Anna

Colour Symbolism in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Painting / Wheelock, Arthur

Rembrandt and Rhetoric. The Concepts of affectus, enargeia and ornatus in Samuel van Hoogstraten's Judgement of His Master / Weststeijn, Thijs

Part III. The Artist's Reputation

'A Record and Memorial of his Talents for Posterity': Anthony van Dyck's Sketch of the Garter Procession / Brown, Christopher

'Das Werk erdacht und cirkulirt'. The Position of Architects at the Court of King Ferdinand I of Bohemia and His Son, Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria / Simons, Madelon

Crossing the Wall of History. Etienne Delécluze on the Art and Morality of Jacques-Louis David / Haveman, Mariette

Goltzius, Painting and Flesh; or, Why Goltzius Began to Paint in 1600 / Sluijter, Eric Jan

Part IV. Painters, Patrons and Art-Lovers

'Pour mon honneur et pour vostre contentement': Nicolas Poussin, Paul Fréart de Chantelou and the Making and Collecting of Copies / Franken, Michiel

Gerard de Lairesse and Jacob de Wit in situ / Liedtke, Walter

'The Painter he findes at his Easill at worke' / van Os, Henk

Bibliography of Ernst van de Wetering

About the Authors

Index of Names

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2021).

"Bibliography of Ernst van de Wetering": p. 214-221.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781423709626

1423709624

9786610959099

9781280959097

1280959096

9789048505388

9048505380

OCLC:

437089611