Karel van Mander and his Foundation of the Noble, Free Art of Painting First English Translation, with Introduction and Commentary

Written by the poet-painter Karel van Mander, who finished it in June 1603, the Grondt der edel, vry schilderconst (Foundation of the Noble, Free Art of Painting) was the first systematic treatise on schilderconst (the art of painting / picturing) to be published in Dutch (Haarlem: Paschier van Wes[...

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Main Author: Melion, Walter S
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston Brill 2022
BRILL
Edition:1
Subjects:
art history
art theory
Dutch art
Flemish art
Painting-Early works to 1800
poetry
schilderconst
ISBN:9789004508385, 9004523073, 9789004523074, 9004508384
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Summary:Written by the poet-painter Karel van Mander, who finished it in June 1603, the Grondt der edel, vry schilderconst (Foundation of the Noble, Free Art of Painting) was the first systematic treatise on schilderconst (the art of painting / picturing) to be published in Dutch (Haarlem: Paschier van Wes[t]busch, 1604). This English-language edition of the Grondt, accompanied by an introductory monograph and a full critical apparatus, provides unprecedented access to Van Mander’s crucially important art treatise. The book sheds light on key terms and critical categories such as schilder, manier, uyt zijn selven doen, welstandt, leven and gheest, and wel schilderen, and both exemplifies and explicates the author’s distinctive views on the complementary forms and functions of history and landscape.
ISBN:9789004508385
9004523073
9789004523074
9004508384
DOI:10.1163/9789004523074