可借阅:*
图书馆 | 资料类型 | 排架号 | 子计数 | 书架位置 | 状态 | 图书预约 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
正在检索... Science | Book | 709.492 W524A, 2001 | 1 | Stacks | 正在检索... 未知 | 正在检索... 不可借阅 |
链接这些题名
已订购
摘要
摘要
The caress of fabrics, the sheen of metal, the brittle luminosity of glass -- Dutch genre painters of the Golden Age were so skilled at mimicking the appearance of things that their largely imaginary domestic scenes are utterly convincing pictures of life as it was once lived. The contemporary viewer enters this world of make-believe as eagerly as Dorothy stepped into the land of Oz, with a complete trust in the fitness and accuracy of the illusion. Now, four eminent art historians reveal the trick behind this illusion and give us insight into the social reality that animates the deception. We learn why domestic interiors were a favorite subject for seventeenth-century Dutch artists and why buyers snatched up these paintings before their varnish dried. And we come to understand why these images of home and family, the earliest in the history of art, still speak to us three hundred years later in a voice as fresh and powerful as when they first appeared. This is the story of an art that echoed and shaped the ideals of an emerging nation -- a sensitive portrait of the painted fictions that laid the ground for our modern concept of "home" as the compass of our true selves. Book jacket.
摘要
The caress of fabrics, the sheen of metal, the brittle luminosity of glass -- Dutch genre painters of the Golden Age were so skilled at mimicking the appearance of things that their largely imaginary domestic scenes are utterly convincing pictures of life as it was once lived. The contemporary viewer enters this world of make-believe as eagerly as Dorothy stepped into the land of Oz, with a complete trust in the fitness and accuracy of the illusion. Now, four eminent art historians reveal the trick behind this illusion and give us insight into the social reality that animates the deception. We learn why domestic interiors were a favorite subject for seventeenth-century Dutch artists and why buyers snatched up these paintings before their varnish dried. And we come to understand why these images of home and family, the earliest in the history of art, still speak to us three hundred years later in a voice as fresh and powerful as when they first appeared. This is the story of an art that echoed and shaped the ideals of an emerging nation -- a sensitive portrait of the painted fictions that laid the ground for our modern concept of "home" as the compass of our true selves. Book jacket.
评论 (2)
Choice 评论
Would that paintings by De Hooch, Steen, Vermeer, and others reflected the perceived moral, materially rich, and urban reality of the Dutch 17th century. This book shows the extent to which wishes coincide with reality, examining how the Dutch lived in their houses, how they displayed paintings and furnishings, and how they collected and interpreted art. By juxtaposing porcelain, silver, furniture, and other household objects with their appearance in paintings, the authors of the four substantial essays reveal how artists often made arrangements in paintings that differed from actual use--either in more sumptuous and orderly displays, or in chaotic jumbles. A most striking observation is the extent to which these paintings alter actual dwellings in order to create extended spaces that open into one another (doorsien). Dwellings may be reconstructed by considering plans of some of the grander Amsterdam houses, inventories, dollhouses, and literary accounts. One leitmotif is that contemporaneous presentation of family life is an idealization; for our own time, this idea is reinforced by television portrayals of the American family and mail order catalogs. A lively and welcome addition to the growing literature on gender roles in family life, privacy, and material culture. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. General readers; lower-division undergraduates through faculty. A. Golahny Lycoming College
Choice 评论
Would that paintings by De Hooch, Steen, Vermeer, and others reflected the perceived moral, materially rich, and urban reality of the Dutch 17th century. This book shows the extent to which wishes coincide with reality, examining how the Dutch lived in their houses, how they displayed paintings and furnishings, and how they collected and interpreted art. By juxtaposing porcelain, silver, furniture, and other household objects with their appearance in paintings, the authors of the four substantial essays reveal how artists often made arrangements in paintings that differed from actual use--either in more sumptuous and orderly displays, or in chaotic jumbles. A most striking observation is the extent to which these paintings alter actual dwellings in order to create extended spaces that open into one another (doorsien). Dwellings may be reconstructed by considering plans of some of the grander Amsterdam houses, inventories, dollhouses, and literary accounts. One leitmotif is that contemporaneous presentation of family life is an idealization; for our own time, this idea is reinforced by television portrayals of the American family and mail order catalogs. A lively and welcome addition to the growing literature on gender roles in family life, privacy, and material culture. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. General readers; lower-division undergraduates through faculty. A. Golahny Lycoming College
目录
Foreword | p. 8 |
Curators' Acknowledgments | p. 11 |
"Costly and Curious, Full off pleasure and home contentment" Making Home in the Dutch Republic | p. 15 |
Semblance or Reality? The Domestic Interior in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting | p. 83 |
"All striving to adorne their houses with costly peeces" Two Case Studies of Paintings in Wealthy Interiors | p. 103 |
Home and the Display of Privacy | p. 129 |
Catalog | |
I Home in the City | p. 154 |
II Cornerstones of Home: Marriage and Family | p. 162 |
III Domestic Roles | p. 175 |
IV Refinement: Private Pursuits and Social Rituals | p. 194 |
Additional Objects in Reconstruction of a Seventeenth-Century Room | p. 219 |
Notes | p. 220 |
References | p. 236 |
Foreword | p. 8 |
Curators' Acknowledgments | p. 11 |
"Costly and Curious, Full off pleasure and home contentment" Making Home in the Dutch Republic | p. 15 |
Semblance or Reality? The Domestic Interior in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting | p. 83 |
"All striving to adorne their houses with costly peeces" Two Case Studies of Paintings in Wealthy Interiors | p. 103 |
Home and the Display of Privacy | p. 129 |
Catalog | |
I Home in the City | p. 154 |
II Cornerstones of Home: Marriage and Family | p. 162 |
III Domestic Roles | p. 175 |
IV Refinement: Private Pursuits and Social Rituals | p. 194 |
Additional Objects in Reconstruction of a Seventeenth-Century Room | p. 219 |
Notes | p. 220 |
References | p. 236 |