Thinking bodies-shaping hands : handeling in art and theory of the late Rembrandtists / by Yannis Hadjinicolaou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hadjinicolaou, Yannis, author.

Series:

Studies in Netherlandish art and cultural history ; volume 15.

Studies in Netherlandish art and cultural history, 1872-9932 ; volume 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painting, Dutch--17th century.

Painting, Dutch.

Brushwork.

Color in art.

Painting--17th century--Philosophy.

Painting.

Painting--Philosophy.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

355 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Handeling in art and theory of the late Rembrandtists

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Summary:

"Thinking Bodies - Shaping Hands focuses on the critical as well as historical dimension of the handling of the brush and of the resulting appearance of colour on the painted surface in art and art theory from the middle of the 17th (above all from 1660) to the dawn of the 18th century in the Netherlands. More specifically, it deals with Rembrandt's last pupils such as Arent de Gelder. "Handeling" describes an active, embodied process that is connected to the motion of the hand with the brush or with any other kind of tool. This term, up to now not sufficiently appreciated in scholarly literature, seems to be fruitful in this context. It is not so much connected with the term "style", as with a prior step, which is equivalent to "manner". At the same time, its meaning in Dutch till today is "action". "Handeling" is an act that could be described as a "form-act". It focuses on Formgestaltung, in which these actions themselves are understood as processes. Examining the "Rembrandtist ideology of painting", this study attempts to reveal the embodied process of painting in the sense of a bodily articulation during the application of colour. This occurs within the productive tension between theory and practice"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Between formal and stylistic diversity-handeling in the art of the Rembrandtists

Primacy of the hand

Art materials

Facets of handling the paint

The iconicity of action.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-350) and index.

ISBN:

9789004353848

9004353844

OCLC:

1103579962