Books that focus attention on unheralded masters of talent and historical significance are rarities these days. For that reason alone, Rudi Ekkart’s Deaf, Dumb & Brilliant deserves special notice. [...] Read More
17th-Century Dutch Republic
Rembrandt in perspectief. De veranderende visie op de meester en zijn werk
This lively book examines the history of critical responses to Rembrandt from the artist's own time to the present day. All ten contributors are Dutch, and the text was designed primarily for students [...] Read More
The Wake of Iconoclasm: Painting the Church in the Dutch Republic
In her important new book, Angela Vanhaelen argues that seventeenth-century Dutch church interior paintings address a particular moment in history – one of transition – in which the Dutch attempted to [...] Read More
Art and Science in the Early Modern Netherlands (Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek / Netherlands Yearbook for the History of Art 61, 2011)
Volume 61 of the NKJ is devoted to “Art and Science in the Early Modern Netherlands,” focusing upon topics from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In the Introduction, the editors stress that [...] Read More
Childhood Pleasures: Dutch Children in the Seventeenth Century
In the preface to Childhood Pleasures, authors Barnes and Rose state their intention to explore “the pleasures of Dutch children” in the hope that “today’s children and adults will discover that while [...] Read More
The Paintings of Hendrick Goltzius, 1558-1617. A Monograph and Catalogue Raisonné (Aetas Aurea. Monographs on Dutch & Flemish Painting, XXIII)
While Goltzius’s prints and drawings have received a great deal of attention in recent years, his painted oeuvre has more frequently been left out of the conversation. This paucity of discussion may [...] Read More