Art and antiquity in the Netherlands and Britain : the vernacular arcadia of Franciscus Junius (1591-1677) /
How did the classical tradition survive on the North Sea shores? This richly illustrated book explores the interplay between art and erudition in the seventeenth century. It analyses the sources, editions, and reception of Franciscus Junius¿́¿s writings to chart how ideas about Northern European pai...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Boston :
Brill,
2015.
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| Series: | Studies in Netherlandish Art and Cultural History,
volume 12 |
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| Online Access: |
Full text (Emmanuel users only) |
| Summary: | How did the classical tradition survive on the North Sea shores? This richly illustrated book explores the interplay between art and erudition in the seventeenth century. It analyses the sources, editions, and reception of Franciscus Junius¿́¿s writings to chart how ideas about Northern European painting, from Van Dyck to Rembrandt, developed as a counterweight to the Italian tradition. Thus the language of art in Junius¿́¿s The Painting of the Ancients appears to be related to his seminal work in the field of Germanic linguistics and his discovery of the shared pre-Christian civilization of Holland and England. Junius¿́¿s innovative pairing of scholarship to the painter¿́¿s practice illuminates the reception of antiquity and the creation of an Anglo-Dutch artistic Arcadia. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004283992 9004283994 |
| ISSN: | 1872-9932 ; |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |