Sense Knowledge and the Challenge of Italian Renaissance Art: El Greco, Velázquez, Rembrandt (Visual and Material Culture 1300-1700) - Hardcover

Knox, Giles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9463725717 ISBN 13: 9789463725712

Verlag: Amsterdam University Press, 2019

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- considers the relationship of El Greco, Velázquez, and Rembrandt to Italy in more neutral terms than has been traditional, with Italy neither the epitome of style against which all should be judged, nor the proverbial elephant in the room, ignored so as to craft national histories sealed off from the world around. - considers anew the relationship of art writing to art production. - expands our understanding of how our response to works of visual art is not necessarily limited to the sense of sight, but can also encompass touch. Giles Knox examines how El Greco, Velaìzquez, and Rembrandt, though a disparate group of artists, were connected by a new self-consciousness with respect to artistic tradition. In particular, Knox considers the relationship of these artists to the art of Renaissance Italy, and sets aside nationalist art histories in order to see the period as one of fruitful exchange. Across Europe during the seventeenth century, artists read Italian-inspired writings on art and these texts informed how they contemplated their practice. Knox demonstrates how these three artists engaged dynamically with these writings, incorporating or rejecting the theoretical premises to which they were exposed. Additionally, this study significantly expands our understanding of how paintings can activate the sense of touch. Knox discusses how Velaìzquez and Rembrandt, though in quite different ways, sought to conjure for viewers thoughts about touching that resonated directly with the subject matter they depicted.

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Giles Knox is Associate Professor in the Department of Art History at Indiana University. He has edited, together with Tanya J. Tiffany: Velázquez Re-Examined: Theory, History, Poetry, and Theatre, Brepols, 2017. He is the author of The Late Paintings of Velázquez: Theorizing Painterly Performance, Ashgate, 2009.

Giles Knox is Associate Professor in the Department of Art History at Indiana University. He has edited, together with Tanya J. Tiffany: Velázquez Re-Examined: Theory, History, Poetry, and Theatre, Brepols, 2017. He is the author of The Late Paintings of Velázquez: Theorizing Painterly Performance, Ashgate, 2009.

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Giles Knox examines how El Greco, Velaìzquez, and Rembrandt, though a disparate group of artists, were connected by a new self-consciousness with respect to artistic tradition. In particular, Knox considers the relationship of these artists to the art of Renaissance Italy, and sets aside nationalist art histories in order to see the period as one of fruitful exchange. Across Europe during the seventeenth century, artists read Italian-inspired writings on art and these texts informed how they contemplated their practice. Knox demonstrates how these three artists engaged dynamically with these writings, incorporating or rejecting the theoretical premises to which they were exposed. Additionally, this study significantly expands our understanding of how paintings can activate the sense of touch. Knox discusses how Velaìzquez and Rembrandt, though in quite different ways, sought to conjure for viewers thoughts about touching that resonated directly with the subject matter they depicted.

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• Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9463725717
• ISBN 13: 9789463725712
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 233
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