Art, Honor and Success in The Dutch Republic - The Life and Career of Jacob van Loo (Hardcover, 0)

Focusing on the interrelationship between Jacob van Loo's art, honor, and career, this book argues that Van Loo's lifelong success and unblemished reputation were by no means incompatible, as art historians have long assumed, with his specialization in painting nudes and his conviction for manslaughter. Van Loo's iconographic specialty - the nude - allowed his clientele to present themselves as judges of beauty and display their mastery of decorum, while his portraiture perfectly expressed his clients' social and political ambitions. Van Loo's honor explains why his success lasted a lifetime, whereas that of Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and Vermeer did not. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book reinterprets the manslaughter case as a sign that Van Loo's elite patrons recognized him as a gentleman and highly-esteemed artist.

General

Imprint:	Amsterdam University Press
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age
Release date:	April 2020
Authors:	Judith Noorman
Dimensions:	260 x 210 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	312
Edition:	0
ISBN-13:	978-9462987982
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1600 to 1800 > Baroque art
LSN:	946298798X
Barcode:	9789462987982

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