In the Footsteps of the Old Masters: The Myth of Golden Age Holland in 19 th Century Art and Art Criticism

by Agnieszka Rosales Rodríguez, Klaudyna Michalowicz (Translator)

Overview

The author presents the phenomenon of 'Hollandism' in the 19th century painting, art criticism and literature. She discusses clichés attached to the culture of the Golden Age of Holland (e.g. its bourgeois and Protestant character, its realism and its genre character) and the modern aspects of northern Netherlandish painting of the 17th century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631669716
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	06/13/2016
Pages:	399
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Agnieszka Rosales Rodríguez is a historian of art. She works as an assistant professor at the Institute of Art History of the University of Warsaw. Her academic interests include painting and art criticism of the 18th and 19th century. She cooperates with the National Museum in Warsaw.

Table of Contents

Contents: Hollandism – Reception of Old Masters – Golden Age of Holland – 19th century painting and art criticism – The idyllic image of Holland – The bourgeois ethos: domestic tranquillity and pleasures of a burgher’s life – Expressiveness of colour and light – Interpretations of the manner of Rembrandt and Hals.