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Painters' playbooks in the art market of early modern Amsterdam / Weixuan W. Li.

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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.
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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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