Sense knowledge and the challenge of Italian Renaissance art : El Greco, Velázquez, Rembrandt / Giles Knox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knox, Giles, author.

Series:

Visual and Material Culture, 1300-1700.

Visual and Material Culture, 1300-1700

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painting, Renaissance--Italian influences.

Painting, Renaissance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Giles Knox examines how El Greco, Velaìzquez, and Rembrandt, though a disparate group of artists, were connected by a new self-consciousness with respect to artistic tradition. In particular, Knox considers the relationship of these artists to the art of Renaissance Italy, and sets aside nationalist art histories in order to see the period as one of fruitful exchange. Across Europe during the seventeenth century, artists read Italian-inspired writings on art and these texts informed how they contemplated their practice. Knox demonstrates how these three artists engaged dynamically with these writings, incorporating or rejecting the theoretical premises to which they were exposed. Additionally, this study significantly expands our understanding of how paintings can activate the sense of touch. Knox discusses how Velaìzquez and Rembrandt, though in quite different ways, sought to conjure for viewers thoughts about touching that resonated directly with the subject matter they depicted.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Introduction: Polemics of Painting

1. El Greco: Italy, Crete, Toledo

2. From El Greco to Velázquez: Juan Bautista Maíno

3. Velázquez and Inversion: Making and Illusion

4. Vulcan, Mars, and Venus: Erotic Touch

5. Late Rembrandt I: Texture and the Skilled Touch

6. Late Rembrandt II: Feeling with the Eyes

Conclusion

Bibliography

About the Author

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2020).

ISBN:

1-003-70351-8

90-485-6661-4

90-485-4458-0

9781003703518

OCLC:

1126212575