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Blinded by curiosity : the collector-dealer Hadriaan Beverland (1650-1716) and his radical approach to the printed image / Joyce Zelen.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) NE670.B48 Z45 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zelen, Joyce, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nederland.
- Engeland.
- Beverland, Hadriaan, 1650-1716--Criticism and interpretation.
- Beverland, Hadriaan.
- Beverland, Hadriaan, 1650-1716--Art collections.
- Altered prints.
- Collage.
- Prints.
- Art--Collectors and collecting.
- Art.
- filosofen (afzonderlijk).
- prentkunst.
- boekkunst.
- knipselkunst.
- vroegmoderne tijd.
- printmaking.
- collage (technique).
- Beverland, Hadriaan, 1650-1716.
- Art--Private collections.
- Local Subjects:
- Nederland.
- Engeland.
- filosofen (afzonderlijk).
- prentkunst.
- boekkunst.
- knipselkunst.
- vroegmoderne tijd.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 272 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 26 cm
- Other Title:
- Collector-dealer Hadriaan Beverland (1650-1716) and his radical approach to the printed image
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden : Primavera Pers, 2022.
- Summary:
- This book explores a phenomenon in the history of print collecting that has never been extensively investigated: the cutting and pasting of prints in the Early Modern period. The book focuses on the colourful Dutch classical scholar and libertine Hadriaan Beverland (1650-1716). Beverland was banished from the Dutch Republic in 1679 for publishing blasphemous, heterodox, and provocative scholarly texts on sex and sin. Books that dealt with e.g. prostitution in ancient times, original sin as the first act of sexual intercourse, and the sexual lust of women, were considered dangerous to Dutch public morality. In 1680, Beverland fled to England, where his friend Isaac Vossius took him in. It was here that Beverland began cutting (nowadays) costly etchings and engravings and arranging the cuttings into collages. These collages, which again demonstrated his interest in sexual matters, survived in two illustrated manuscripts, now in the British Library and the Bodleian Library (Oxford). This study aims: 1) to reconstruct Beverland's life in England, primarily concentrating on his interests and dealing in art and books; 2) to map the Early Modern practice of cutting and pasting prints, on the basis of remaining cuttings as well as textual sources from Beverland's day; 3) to present a comprehensive analysis of the two illustrated Beverland-manuscripts in terms of form and function.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- Contains:
- Beverland, Hadriaan, 1650-1716. Works. Selections.
- ISBN:
- 9789059973305
- 9059973305
- OCLC:
- 1205591721
- Publisher Number:
- 99989724865
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