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The Sublime in the Visual Culture of the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Stijn Bussels
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-11-21 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Contrary to what Kant believed about the Dutch (and their visual culture) as “being of an orderly and diligent position” and thus having no feeling for the
Imago and Contemplatio in the Visual Arts and Literature (1400–1700)
Language: en
Pages: 541
Authors: Stijn Bussels
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-01-22 - Publisher: BRILL

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This volume contains twenty-four essays, which, in their subjects and methodology, pay tribute to the scholarship of Walter S. Melion. The contributions are gro
The Visual Legacy of Alexander the Great from the Renaissance to the Age of Revolution
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Víctor Mínguez
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-12-01 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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This is an analysis of the diverse facets of Alexander the Great’s image from the Renaissance era through the Baroque into the nineteenth century. Perceived a
Beauty and Monstrosity in Art and Culture
Language: en
Pages: 338
Authors: Chara Kokkiou
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-04-23 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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This edited volume takes a new look at an old question: what is the relationship between beauty and monstrosity? How has the notion of beauty transformed throug
Art Patronage and Conflicting Memories in Early Modern Iberia
Language: en
Pages: 361
Authors: Maria Teresa Chicote Pompanin
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-12-20 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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This volume investigates the mechanisms (artworks, treatises, and other forms of cultural patronage) that the Marquises of Villena and their opponents used to o
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