Art, Honor and Success in The Dutch Republic : The Life and Career of Jacob van Loo Hardback
by Judith Noorman
Part of the Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age series
Hardback
Description
Focusing on the interrelationship between Jacob van Loo's art, honor, and career, this book argues that Van Loo's lifelong success and unblemished reputation were by no means incompatible, as art historians have long assumed, with his specialization in painting nudes and his conviction for manslaughter.
Van Loo's iconographic specialty - the nude - allowed his clientele to present themselves as judges of beauty and display their mastery of decorum, while his portraiture perfectly expressed his clients' social and political ambitions.
Van Loo's honor explains why his success lasted a lifetime, whereas that of Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and Vermeer did not.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book reinterprets the manslaughter case as a sign that Van Loo's elite patrons recognized him as a gentleman and highly-esteemed artist.
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:312 pages, 110 Illustrations, color
- Publisher:Amsterdam University Press
- Publication Date:06/04/2020
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- ISBN:9789462987982
Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:312 pages, 110 Illustrations, color
- Publisher:Amsterdam University Press
- Publication Date:06/04/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9789462987982
