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Plaster Casts in the Life and Art of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Painters : Absence and Presence / Isabella Lores-Chavez.
Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2026 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lores-Chavez, Isabella, author.
- Series:
- Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books online, Collection 2026.
- Studies in Netherlandish Art and Cultural History ; 18.
- Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books online, Collection 2026
- Studies in Netherlandish Art and Cultural History ; 18
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art and society--Netherlands--History--17th century.
- Art and society.
- Painting, Dutch--17th century--Themes, motives.
- Painting, Dutch.
- Plaster casts in art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (343 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Absence and Presence
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the early modern Dutch Republic, plaster casts offered artists a way to overcome limitations of space and time, and to define themselves. This book presents the first comprehensive account of the impact of plaster casts on the artistic practice, intellectual endeavors, and social status of seventeenth-century Dutch painters. These modest objects were, in fact, real works of sculpture, incorporated into a variety of compositions where they signalled an artist’s ambitions and technical virtuosity. Marginalized in the history of Dutch art, plaster casts lie at the center of this study’s novel interpretations of paintings and drawings, paired with period sources.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Preliminary Material / Isabella Lores-Chavez
- Chapter 1 To Touch and Turn: the Plaster Cast and the Draftsman’s Line / Isabella Lores-Chavez
- Chapter 2 Bodies naer het leven : Plaster Casts in Dutch Art Treatises / Isabella Lores-Chavez
- Chapter 3 Encounters with Plaster in the Dutch Republic / Isabella Lores-Chavez
- Chapter 4 Plaster Companions in the Self-Fashioned Painter’s Studio / Isabella Lores-Chavez
- Chapter 5 Plaster Casts and the Ambitions of Still Life / Isabella Lores-Chavez
- Conclusion: Absence and Restoration / Isabella Lores-Chavez
- Back Matter
- Appendix Plaster Casts in Dutch Paintings, 1600–1750 / Isabella Lores-Chavez
- Notes / Isabella Lores-Chavez
- Bibliography / Isabella Lores-Chavez.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Lores-Chavez, Isabella Plaster Casts in the Life and Art of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Painters
- ISBN:
- 9789004724587
- OCLC:
- 1526861287
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004724587 DOI
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