The central thesis of this book is a relatively simple one: that the primary destination of most paintings produced in the Dutch Republic was the home, and that in this environment, men and women [...] Read More
17th-Century Dutch Republic
Caesar van Everdingen (1616/17-1678)
Paul Huys Janssen's substantial new monograph on Caesar van Everdingen is a much-needed expansion of the literature on this important artist. Everdingen has been recognized as a key classical artist [...] Read More
Rethinking Rembrandt
Symposia are snapshots of the state of a field. Rembrandt research offers notable examples, especially the great international anniversary gathering, Rembrandt after Three Hundred Years (Chicago, [...] Read More
Rembrandt’s Reading. The Artist’s Bookshelf of Ancient Poetry and History
What did Rembrandt know, and how did he know it? This variant on the classic Water-gate interrogation forms the basic inquiry of this stimulating new essay by Amy Golahny, Professor at Lycoming [...] Read More
From Criminal to Courtier, The Soldier in Netherlandish Art 1550-1672 (History of Warfare)
It is a rare book on early modern Netherlandish art that opens with a denunciation of US human rights abuses and military policies. Prof. Kunzle immediately warns the reader of his partisan stance. [...] Read More
Two Catalogues on Jacob van Ruisdael
Seymour Slive, Jacob van Ruisdael: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings. New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2002. 788 pp, 328 color plates, 1112 b&w illus. ISBN [...] Read More