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
Book Reviews
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
The Reception of P. P. Rubens’s Palazzi di Genova during the 17th Century in Europe: Questions and Problems
The development of the architectural treatise in Renaissance Europe has become a popular area of research, drawing on scholarship in the history of publication, printing, reading, and a host of allied [...] Read More
Tessin. Nicodemus Tessin the Younger. Royal Architect and Visionary (Nationalmuseum Skriftserie, N.S. 16)
The Millennium in Sweden also saw the start of several publications and of an exhibition on the Royal architect, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1654-1728). To celebrate its tercentenary, the Bank of [...] Read More