Frans Floris (1519/20-70) : imagining a Northern Renaissance / by Edward H. Wouk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wouk, Edward H., author.

Series:

Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 19.

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 267.

Brill's Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History ; Volume 19

Brill's Studies in Intellectual History ; Volume 267

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570--Criticism and interpretation.

Floris, Frans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (858 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Summary:

Frans Floris de Vriendt radically transformed Netherlandish art. His monumental mythologies introduced a new appreciation for the heroic nude to the Low Countries and his religious art challenged standards of decorum. Born into a family of sculptors and architects, Floris refashioned his art through travel, first studying with the humanist painter Lambert Lombard in Liège and then continuing on to Italy. These experiences defined the hybridizing novelty of his art, forged by juxtaposing antique and modern, Italian and northern sources. This book maps Floris’s hybrid style onto shifting conceptions of cultural, religious, and political identity on the eve of the Dutch Revolt. It explores his collaborations and rivalries, engagement with artistic theory, hierarchical workshop, and revolutionary use of printing.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

List of Figures

Introduction. Fall and Redemption: The Divine Artist

A Portrait of the Artist: Floris’s Biography in Context

Iter Italicum: Floris’s Italian Journey in Context

Triumphal Entry: Floris’s Return to Antwerp (1546–49)

The Floris Workshop: Practice, Theory, Ritual

Portraits and Head Studies

Experiments in Religious Art: Style and Audience

Ardens amator artium: Floris, Niclaes Jonghelinck, and the Nature of Netherlandish Art

Losing Faith: Floris’s Allegory of the Trinity

Iconoclasm and Poesie

Humanæ Societati Necessaria: Frans Floris’s Vision for the Arts

Coda

Back Matter

Mentions of Floris in Literary Sources

Drawings after the Antique attributed to Floris and recorded in the lost Album Dansaert

Text and Music of the chanson “Le Cruel Mars”

Timeline of Floris’s Chief Dated Works in Historical Context

Checklist of Paintings

Checklist of Drawings

Checklist of Prints

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-34325-3

OCLC:

1003268840

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004343252 DOI