Henk van Nierop, Ellen Gravowsky, Anouk Janssen (eds.), Romeyn de Hooghe: De verbeelding van de late Gouden Eeuw. With introductory essay by Henk van Nierop and contributions by Anna de Haas, Henk van [...] Read More
Book Reviews
Ludolf Backhuysen. Emden 1630 – Amsterdam 1708
The singular achievement of Ludolf Backhuysen as the Dutch Golden Age’s master of the monumental tempest first received its full due with a monographic exhibition in Emden and Amsterdam, his native [...] Read More
Jacob Backer (1608/9-1651)
To secure a place in the history of art, it was not always useful to have been considered Rembrandt's pupil. Few seventeenth-century painters were as unfortunate posthumously as Jacob Backer. Due to [...] Read More
Three Publications on Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz
Kurfürst Johann Wilhelms Bilder. Vol. I: Sammler und Mäzen. Edited by Reinhold Baumstark with contributions by Reinhold Baumstark, Marcus Dekiert, Hubert Glaser, Oliver Kase and Christian Quaeitzsch. [...] Read More
The City Rehearsed: Object, Architecture, and Print in the Worlds of Hans Vredeman de Vries (The Classical Tradition in Architecture)
The Dutchman Hans Vredeman de Vries (1526-1609) is generally acknowledged as the ‘father of architectural painting’ or the progenitor of the art of perspective, a designer who utilized the tradition [...] Read More
Cranach und die Kunst der Renaissance unter den Hohenzollern. Kirche, Hof und Stadtkultur
This impressive book breaks much new ground in the art and architectural history of Renaissance Berlin-Brandenburg. The Hohenzollern electors' territorial expansion, religious choices, and dynastic [...] Read More