Maarten van Heemskerck's Rome : antiquity, memory, and the cult of ruins / by Arthur J. DiFuria.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DiFuria, Arthur J., author.

Series:

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 287.

Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 31.

Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; Volume 287

Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; Volume 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ruins in art.

Classical antiquities in art.

Rome (Italy)--In art.

Rome (Italy).

Heemskerk, Martin van, 1498-1574--Criticism and interpretation.

Heemskerk, Martin van.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (549 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Summary:

This book presents the first sustained study of the stunning drawings of Roman ruins by Haarlem artist Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574; in Rome, 1532-ca. 1537). In three parts, Arthur J. DiFuria describes Van Heemskerck's pre-Roman training, his time in Rome, and his use his ruinscapes for the art he made during his forty-year post-Roman phase. Building on the methods of his predecessors, Van Heemskerck mastered a dazzling array of methods to portray Rome in compelling fashion. Upon his return home, his Roman drawings sustained him for the duration of his prolific career. Maarten van Heemskerck's Rome concludes with the first ever catalog to bring together all of Van Heemskerck's ruin drawings in state-of-the-art digital photography.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page / Arthur J. DiFuria

Preface and Acknowledgments / Arthur J. DiFuria

Illustrations / Arthur J. DiFuria

Introduction / Arthur J. DiFuria

Imagining the Eternal: Maarten van Heemskerck Before Rome / Arthur J. DiFuria

The Possibility of a pre-Roman Maarten van Heemskerck / Arthur J. DiFuria

The Ruin Landscape in Jan van Scorel's Workshop / Arthur J. DiFuria

Drawing the Eternal: Van Heemskerck in Rome / Arthur J. DiFuria

Drawing Ruins in Post-Sack Rome / Arthur J. DiFuria

Memory and Maarten van Heemskerck's Eternal Eye / Arthur J. DiFuria

The Copious Hand / Arthur J. DiFuria

Remembering the Eternal: Van Heemskerck After Rome / Arthur J. DiFuria

Invention, Collecting, Antiquarianism / Arthur J. DiFuria

Antiquity in 1553: Ruins and Self-Fashioning / Arthur J. DiFuria

Regnum, Reform, and Ruin / Arthur J. DiFuria

Epilogue / Arthur J. DiFuria

A Catalog of Maarten van Heemskerck's Roman Ruin Drawings / Arthur J. DiFuria

A Note on the Catalog / Arthur J. DiFuria

In and Around the Forum / Arthur J. DiFuria

On the Quirinal Hill / Arthur J. DiFuria

On the Tiber's East Bank and On the Interior / Arthur J. DiFuria

In and Around the Vatican / Arthur J. DiFuria

Near the South Wall / Arthur J. DiFuria

Further Afield: Otium / Arthur J. DiFuria

Panorama, Collection, Fragment, Fantasia / Arthur J. DiFuria

Deattributions / Arthur J. DiFuria

Back Matter

Notes Introduction / Arthur J. DiFuria

References / Arthur J. DiFuria

Index / Arthur J. DiFuria.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

90-04-38082-5

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004380820 DOI