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Title: The Art of Describing by Svetlana Alpers ISBN: 0-226-01513-0 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1984 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Art of Describing
Comment: An analysis of the 17th century Dutch preoccupation with vision, the discovery and use of the microscope, lenses, optical devises, the study of the retina and how we see, new ideas of perspective and a discussion of the work of noted scholars of the day, as Keppler and Huygens. A fascinating discussion of Vermeer painting exactly what he saw while Rembrandt painting "the invisible human depths." A very fine study designed to help us think and see.
Rating: 4
Summary: a piece of creative scholarship
Comment: While not for those looking for a coffee table book (or a list of catalogue entries with glossy photos), this work remains interesting and creative. Alpers is one of those scholars interested in the "period eye," studying epistimological habits and visual strategies in 17th C. Netherlands. She covers issues thematically, with chapters dedicated to issues surrounding cartography, optical devices, etc. A nice work.
Rating: 5
Summary: brilliant ground-breaking book already a classic
Comment: Alpers' brilliant 1984 study teaches us how Dutch artists of the seventeenth century "saw" in contrast with with their Italian counterparts. Already one of the most frequently cited books on Dutch art, this ground-breaking work should be read by anyone with an interest in visual representation.
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Title: Rembrandt's Enterprise: The Studio and the Market by Svetlana Alpers ISBN: 0226015181 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1991 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: An Entrance for the Eyes: Space and Meaning in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art by Martha Hollander ISBN: 0520221354 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 06 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: Dutch Painting 1600-1800 (YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS PELICAN HISTORY OF ART) by Seymour Slive ISBN: 0300074514 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age by Simon Schama ISBN: 0679781242 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History by Robert Darnton ISBN: 0394729277 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 February, 1985 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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