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Painters' playbooks in the art market of early modern Amsterdam / Weixuan W. Li.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Li, Weixuan (Art historian), author.
- Series:
- Studies in early modernity in the Netherlands.
- Studies in early modernity in The Netherlands
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art--Economic aspects--Netherlands--Amsterdam--History--17th century.
- Art.
- Painters--Netherlands.
- Painters.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (303 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2025.
- Summary:
- Painters' Playbooks introduces an innovative socio-spatial approach, shedding light on the artistic development in seventeenth-century Amsterdam. By synthesizing various historical sources digitally, this book delves into artists' collective behaviours discernible in their location choices, social relations, and use of house interiors.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Economic histories of Dutch art and the art market
- Sociology of art markets
- Location theories in the 'spatial turn' of the humanities
- An integrated socio-spatial approach to the early modern art market
- Deep mapping as a methodological framework
- Chapter 2: Use and Structure of Space in Painters' Homes
- Inventories as sources for reconstructing painters' interiors
- House typologies revealed in Amsterdam inventories
- Painters at home
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3: Changing Artistic Landscape in Amsterdam, 1585-1610
- Amsterdam in 1585
- 1585-1600: Emerging from an artistic backwater
- 1600-1610: Continuity and transformation
- The emergence of the 'artists' quarter'
- Chapter 4: Formative Years of the Art Market, 1610-1630
- Behaviours and choices: Citywide distribution of painters and art dealers
- Embedding painters' behaviours into society: Insights from Kohier 1631
- Portraitists and their sitters in urban space
- Chapter 5: Tripartite Art Market in Urban Space, 1630-1650
- The high-end art market
- Mid-tier painters' divergent responses to the place between patronage and the open market
- Low-end art dealers' and painters' attachment to marketplaces
- Economic landscape around 1650: Artists, dealers, and their patrons
- Chapter 6: Diverse Reactions to a Competitive Art Market, 1650-1670
- The expanding high-end market
- The shrinking mid-level market and the struggling painters
- The low-end market and the transformation of Sint Antoniesbreestraat
- Chapter 7: Transition into a New Market for Art, 1670-1700
- New market coordination reflected in Pieter de Graeff's almanacs.
- Adapting to a changing market and cityscape
- Keeping abreast with patrons: Conspicuous display in painters' homes
- Painters' enhanced socio-economic standing
- The early modern art market as a socio-spatial phenomenon
- Combining sociological and spatial narratives
- Appendix I: Data and Sources
- Appendix II: Deep Mapping Methodologies
- Appendix III: Spatial Arrangement of Art Dealers' Homes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9781003701040
- 1-04-084518-5
- 1-04-084277-1
- 1-003-70104-3
- OCLC:
- 1550455166
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000302442
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