Belgium Rococo Baroque Art Architecture 1st Ed Pelican History Van Dyck Brueghel

by Gerson, H. & ter Kuile, E.H.

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.no-subscribe { display: none} [contenteditable] { pointer-events: none; } Art and Architecture in Belgium: 1600-1800 by Gerson, H. & ter Kuile, E.H. London: Penguin Books, 1960. First Edition. Very Good hardcover in very good dust jacket & original slip case. The Pelican History of Art series. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text, dyed topedge. Octavo, illustrated with 160 plates, index, 236 pages. Horst Gerson, the distinguished German-Dutch art historian specialized in Dutch and Flemish art of the seventeenth century, partnered with E.H. ter Kuile to produce this definitive survey of the Southern Netherlands during its most spectacular artistic flowering. Gerson was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1969, recognition that came partly from groundbreaking scholarship like this volume, which captures the extraordinary moment when the Spanish Netherlands became Europe's artistic epicenter. Writing in 1960, when scholarly attention was finally turning toward the rich complexity of post-Renaissance Flemish culture, Gerson and ter Kuile navigated the intricate relationships between the Counter-Reformation's spiritual fervor and the unprecedented artistic innovation it inspired in Antwerp, Brussels, and beyond. This was the age of Rubens' magnificent altarpieces, Van Dyck's elegant portraits, and the architectural grandeur of baroque churches that transformed the Low Countries into a showcase of Catholic triumphalism. The volume i

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Year: 1960
• Condition: Very Good

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