ART AND ALLEGIANCE IN THE DUTCH GOLDEN AGE, Margriet van

ART AND ALLEGIANCE IN THE DUTCH GOLDEN AGE, Margriet van Eikema Hommes, emne: kunst og kultur

Full Title
ART AND ALLEGIANCE IN THE DUTCH GOLDEN AGE:
THE AMBITIONS OF A WEALTHY WIDOW IN A PAINTED CHAMBER BY FERDINAND BOL'.

Large paperback (26x26x2 cm) - published 2012 by Amsterdam University Press.
297 pages.
High quality illustrations in full colour (whenever possible).
Weight : 1464 g.
ISBN: 978-90-896-4326-1
Condition: very good (almost like new)
Language: English - Bogen er med engelsk tekst.

BOOK DESCRIPTION
In the early 1650s Ferdinand Bol produced a series of wall-covering paintings. This 'painted chamber' is a unique example of a branch of the art of painting which was extremely popular in the seventeenth century, although hardly any of it now remains. Bol's ensemble has always been surrounded by mysteries. Who was the initial owner, what was the reason for its commission and how were the ceiling-high canvases originally placed? Through a combination of material-technical research and archival, stylistic, iconographic and cultural-historical investigation these questions have for the first time been given convincing answers.
(moving on, please see photo of back of book)