The Universal Art of Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627-1678): Painter, Writer, and Courtier (Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age) - Hardcover
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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Thijs Weststeijn is associate professor in cultural heritage studies at the University of Amsterdam.
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“This volume on the artist, writer, and poet Samuel van Hoogstraten adds considerably to our understanding of Rembrandt’s most learned and cosmopolitan pupil. The rich contributions cover all aspects of his career, highlighting little known activities such as Van Hoogstraten’s poetry and novels. These inspiring and thought-provoking proceedings complement recent monographic publications on Samuel van Hoogstraten. Moreover, this book is an important contribution to the history of knowledge in the early-modern Netherlands.” (C. Tico Seifert Senior Curator of Northern European Art, Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh)
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- PublisherAmsterdam University Press
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 9089645233
- ISBN 13 9789089645234
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages296
- EditorWeststeijn Thijs
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The Universal Art of Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627-1678): Painter, Writer, and Courtier (Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age)
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