The Universal Art of Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627-1678) : Painter, Writer, and Courtier /

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. A...

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Other Authors: Weststeijn, Thijs (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
Series:Amsterdam studies in the Dutch golden age.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface: approaches to a multifaceted master
  • Prolog: Samuel van Hoogstraten and the golden age of Dutch art, literature, and science: the present book and future research
  • Van Hoogstraten's theory of theory of art / Jan Blanc
  • Paradoxical passages: the work of framing in the art of Samuel van Hoogstraten / Celeste Brusati
  • The young Samuel van Hoogstraten, corrected by Rembrandt / Ben Broos
  • "Zwierich van sprong": Samuel van Hoogstraten's Night watch / Paul Taylor
  • Samuel van Hoogstraten's personal letter-rack paintings: tributes with a message / Michiel Roscam Abbing
  • A pledge of marital domestic bliss: Samuel van Hoogstraten's Perspective box in the National Gallery, London / Herman Colenbrander
  • Van Hoogstraten's success in Britain / Fatma Yalcin
  • Samuel van Hoogstraten, the first Dutch novelist? / Thijs Weststeijn
  • Great respect and complete bafflement: Aronld Houbraken's mixed opinion of Samuel van Hoogstraten / Hendrik J. Horn
  • Appendix: Arnold Houbraken's references to Samuel van Hoogstraten and his "Introduction to the Academy of Painting" / edited and translated by Henrik J. Horn.