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Rembrandt Seen Through Jewish Eyes
The Artist’s Meaning to Jews from His Time to Ours
2023 || Hardcover || Mirjam Knotter e.a. || Amsterdam University Press
The earliest painting by Rembrandt whose owner is documented depicts the prophet Balaam, on his way to blessing Israel. The man who bought it was a Sephardi Jew in the service of Cardinal Richelieu of France. The first known buyer of an etching plate by Rembrandt, depicting Abraham Dismissing Hagar and Ishmael, was a Sephardi Jew of Amsterdam. Seen through their eyes, Rembrandt was the creator of images with a special meaning to Jews. They have been followed through the centuries by Jewish c...
De Nederlandse zeeschilderkunst in de negentiende eeuw
2023 || Hardcover || Cécile Bosman || Amsterdam University Press || met inkijkexemplaar
De zeeschilderkunst is een vierhonderd jaar oud specialisme van de traditionele Hollandse schilderschool. Het schilderen van schepen en de zee vereist zowel nautische kennis als een groot artistiek talent. Cécile Bosman onderzoekt de achtergrond, opleiding en onderwerpkeuze van de negentiende-eeuwse zeeschilder. Ook beschrijft ze hoe tegen zeestukken werd aangekeken door de zeeschilders zelf, hun collega-schilders op de kunstenaarsverenigingen, door kunsttheoretici en in de kunstkritiek.
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Objects, Commodities and Material Cultures in the Dutch Republic
Exploring Early Modern Materiality Across Disciplines
2024 || Hardcover || Judith Noorman e.a. || Amsterdam University Press
How did objects move between places and people, and how did they reshape the Republic’s arts, cultures and sciences?
‘Objects’ were vitally significant for the early modern Dutch Republic, which is known as an early consumer society, a place famous for its exhaustive production of books, visual arts and scientific instruments. What happens when we push these objects and their materiality to the centre of our research? How do they invite us to develop new perspectives on the early moder...