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Samuel van Hoogstraten's Introduction to the academy of painting; or, The visible world /

"This volume presents the first English translation of Samuel van Hoogstraten's Introduction to the Academy of Painting; or, The Visible World (1678). Van Hoogstraten's text was the only comprehensive work on painting written by a Dutch artist in the later seventeenth century and a un...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoogstraten, Samuel van, 1627-1678 (Author)
Other Authors: Brusati, Celeste (Editor), Jacobs, Jaap, 1963- (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : Getty Research Institute, [2021]
Series:Texts & documents.
Subjects:
Painting > Technique > Early works to 1800.
Painting > Early works to 1800.
Painting, Modern > 17th century.
Painting.
Painting, Modern.
Painting > Technique.
1600-1699
Early works.
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Summary:"This volume presents the first English translation of Samuel van Hoogstraten's Introduction to the Academy of Painting; or, The Visible World (1678). Van Hoogstraten's text was the only comprehensive work on painting written by a Dutch artist in the later seventeenth century and a unique account of painting as it was practiced, taught, and discussed during a period of extraordinary artistic and intellectual ferment in the Netherlands"--
Item Description:Translated from the Dutch.
Physical Description:ix, 413 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781606066676
1606066676