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 c...

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1. Verfasser:	Arasse, Daniel 1944-2003 (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English French
Veröffentlicht:	Princeton, NJ Princeton Univ. Press 1994
Schlagworte:	Vermeer, Johannes <1632-1675> - Critique et interprétation Vermeer, Johannes <1632-1675> > Criticism and interpretation Vermeer van Delft, Jan > 1632-1675 Spiritualiteit Spiritualité dans l'art Spirituality in art Malerei
Zusammenfassung:	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 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
Beschreibung:	Aus dem Franz. übers.
Beschreibung:	XIII, 136 S. zahlr. Ill.
ISBN:	0691033625