The Universal Art of Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627-1678) : Painter, Writer, and Courtier / edited by Thijs Weststeijn.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Amsterdam studies in the Dutch golden age | Amsterdam studies in the Dutch golden age | Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (296 pages): illustrations (some color), map, portraitsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789048518593
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 700-9492
LOC classification:
  • ND653.H79 U55 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface: approaches to a multifaceted master -- Prolog: Samuel van Hoogstraten and the golden age of Dutch art, literature, and science: the present book and future research -- Van Hoogstraten's theory of theory of art / Jan Blanc -- Paradoxical passages: the work of framing in the art of Samuel van Hoogstraten / Celeste Brusati -- The young Samuel van Hoogstraten, corrected by Rembrandt / Ben Broos -- "Zwierich van sprong": Samuel van Hoogstraten's Night watch / Paul Taylor -- Samuel van Hoogstraten's personal letter-rack paintings: tributes with a message / Michiel Roscam Abbing -- A pledge of marital domestic bliss: Samuel van Hoogstraten's Perspective box in the National Gallery, London / Herman Colenbrander -- Van Hoogstraten's success in Britain / Fatma Yalcin -- Samuel van Hoogstraten, the first Dutch novelist? / Thijs Weststeijn -- Great respect and complete bafflement: Aronld Houbraken's mixed opinion of Samuel van Hoogstraten / Hendrik J. Horn -- Appendix: Arnold Houbraken's references to Samuel van Hoogstraten and his "Introduction to the Academy of Painting" / edited and translated by Henrik J. Horn.
Summary: Samuel van Hoogstraten was not only one of Rembrandt's most succesful pupils and a versatile painter. His experiments in optical illusion also attracted the interest of the natural scientists of his time. Furthermore, he wrote some of the first Dutch novels, plays, and a treatise on painting. After travelling to Rome, Vienna, and London he introduced European courtiers' manners in the Low Countries. In this book, a collective of specialists with different backgrounds sheds light on the facets of Van Hoogstraten's work that demonstrates in a unique manner how art, literature, and science were interrelated in the Dutch Golden Age. The contributors devote special attention to his theory of art and his literary writings, the role of paintings in his social network, his contacts in Italy and Britain, and finally the art of his master, Rembrandt. Bringing to the fore hitherto unknown works and highlighting new connections between word and image, the book is an important contribution to our understanding of Van Hoogstraten's universal art and its implications for Early Modern cultural history.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-277) and index.

Preface: approaches to a multifaceted master -- Prolog: Samuel van Hoogstraten and the golden age of Dutch art, literature, and science: the present book and future research -- Van Hoogstraten's theory of theory of art / Jan Blanc -- Paradoxical passages: the work of framing in the art of Samuel van Hoogstraten / Celeste Brusati -- The young Samuel van Hoogstraten, corrected by Rembrandt / Ben Broos -- "Zwierich van sprong": Samuel van Hoogstraten's Night watch / Paul Taylor -- Samuel van Hoogstraten's personal letter-rack paintings: tributes with a message / Michiel Roscam Abbing -- A pledge of marital domestic bliss: Samuel van Hoogstraten's Perspective box in the National Gallery, London / Herman Colenbrander -- Van Hoogstraten's success in Britain / Fatma Yalcin -- Samuel van Hoogstraten, the first Dutch novelist? / Thijs Weststeijn -- Great respect and complete bafflement: Aronld Houbraken's mixed opinion of Samuel van Hoogstraten / Hendrik J. Horn -- Appendix: Arnold Houbraken's references to Samuel van Hoogstraten and his "Introduction to the Academy of Painting" / edited and translated by Henrik J. Horn.

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Samuel van Hoogstraten was not only one of Rembrandt's most succesful pupils and a versatile painter. His experiments in optical illusion also attracted the interest of the natural scientists of his time. Furthermore, he wrote some of the first Dutch novels, plays, and a treatise on painting. After travelling to Rome, Vienna, and London he introduced European courtiers' manners in the Low Countries. In this book, a collective of specialists with different backgrounds sheds light on the facets of Van Hoogstraten's work that demonstrates in a unique manner how art, literature, and science were interrelated in the Dutch Golden Age. The contributors devote special attention to his theory of art and his literary writings, the role of paintings in his social network, his contacts in Italy and Britain, and finally the art of his master, Rembrandt. Bringing to the fore hitherto unknown works and highlighting new connections between word and image, the book is an important contribution to our understanding of Van Hoogstraten's universal art and its implications for Early Modern cultural history.

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