Dutch seventeenth-century genre painting: its stylistic and thematic evolution

"The author approaches genre paintings from a variety of perspectives, examining their reception among contemporary audiences and setting the works in their political, cultural, and economic contents. The works emerge as distinctly conventional images, Franits shows, as genre artists continuall...

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Main Author: Franits, Wayne E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven Yale University Press [2004]
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Online Access:DE-255
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Summary:"The author approaches genre paintings from a variety of perspectives, examining their reception among contemporary audiences and setting the works in their political, cultural, and economic contents. The works emerge as distinctly conventional images, Franits shows, as genre artists continually replicated specific styles, motifs, and a surprisingly restricted number of themes over the course of several generations. Illustrated and with a full representation of the major artists and the cities where genre painting flourished, this book will interest students, scholars, and general readers alike"--Publisher's description
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 328 Seiten) 237 Illustrationen, Karte
ISBN:0300242832
9780300242836
DOI:10.37862/aaeportal.00040

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