Format:
XIII, 136 S.
,
zahlr. Ill.
ISBN:
0691033625
Uniform Title:
L' ambition de Vermeer
Content:
Through a historical analysis of Vermeer's method of production and a close reading of his art, Daniel Arasse explores the originality of this artist in the context of seventeenth-century Dutch painting. Arguing that Vermeer was not a painter in the conventional, commercial sense of his Dutch colleagues, Arasse suggests that his confrontaton with painting represented a very personal and ambitious effort to define a new pictorial practice within the classical tradition of his art
Content:
By examining Vermeer's approach to image-making, the author finds that his works demonstrate the concept of painting as a medium through which the viewer senses the ungraspable and mysterious presence of life. Not only does this concept of painting carry on the traditions of Classical Antiquity and the High Renaissance, but it also relates to Catholic ideas about spiritual meditation and the power of images
Note:
Aus dem Franz. übers.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Art History
Keywords:
Vermeer van Delft, Jan 1632-1675
;
Malerei
Author information:
Arasse, Daniel 1944-2003
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