BIC SubjectsHistory of art / art & design styles

Titles (24) | Order by:

The Paintings of Karel du Jardin (1626–1678): Catalogue raisonné

Jennifer M. Kilian

The Paintings of Karel du Jardin (1626 Amsterdam–Venice 1678) is the first monograph devoted to this talented and versatile artist. It comprises six chapters outlining Du Jardin’s life, his reception, his patrons, portraits, history paintings and landscapes, followed by a conclusion, a list of… read more

[OCULI: Studies in the Arts of the Low Countries, 8] 2005. 498 pp., 229 bl/wh ills. + 32 full color ills.

Rembrandt: Portraits in print

Stephanie S. Dickey

Selected by CHOICE as Outstanding Academic Title 2004 in the Fine ArtsRembrandt: Portraits in Print is the first monograph devoted to Rembrandt's etched portraits of himself and his contemporaries. Between 1633 and 1665, Rembrandt etched less than two dozen formal portraits, yet this small body of… read more

[OCULI: Studies in the Arts of the Low Countries, 9] 2004. 367 pp., 172 bl/wh ills.

The Dual Muse: The Writer as Artist, the Artist as Writer: Papers from the International Writers Center Symposium, 7–9 Nov. 1997

Edited by Lorin Cuoco

For centuries an artist adept in one medium has found solace, encouragement, and inspiration in another, even to the point of merging them. Michelangelo put down his chisel to pick up his pen; Blake pictorialized his poetry; Max Ernst collaged narratives; Gertrude Stein adopted a cubist style. This… read more

[Not in series, 90] 1999. 128 pp., 40 bl./wh. ill.

Jan van Bijlert (1597/98–1671): Catalogue raisonné

Paul Huys Janssen

Jan van Bijlert (1597/98-1671) is best known as one of the Utrecht Caravaggists and is often ranked with Hendrick ter Brugghen, Gerard van Honthorst and Dirck van Baburen. However, Van Bijlert is not primarily a Caravaggist painter, he is also a Classicist and a painter of ‘realistic’ Dutch genre… read more

[OCULI: Studies in the Arts of the Low Countries, 7] 1998. 400 pp. Incl. 305 bl/wh ill. + 8 color pl.

International Postmodernism: Theory and literary practice

Edited by Hans Bertens and Douwe W. Fokkema †

Containing more than fifty essays by major literary scholars, International Postmodernism divides into four main sections. The volume starts off with a section of eight introductory studies dealing with the subject from different points of view followed by a section that deals with postmodernism in… read more

[Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages, XI] 1997. xvi, 581 pp.

The Copy Turns Original: Vincent van Gogh and a new approach to traditional art practice

Cornelia Homburg

At St.-Rémy, in 1889-90, without his usual contacts and confined to a hospital, van Gogh produced a series of painted copies of work by other artists. We usually attribute these to therapy for his isolation and pass over them in considering his œuvre. Homburg's study, however, concentrates on this… read more

[OCULI: Studies in the Arts of the Low Countries, 6] 1996. vii, 250 pp., 9 color plates;89 bl/wh plates

The New Complete Van Gogh: Fully revised and enlarged edition of the Catalogue raisonné

Jan Hulsker

Seldom has an artist expressed himself as clearly and completely as Van Gogh in his letters and his art, and seldom has an artist found a scholar as devoted and knowledgeable as Dr. Jan Hulsker to collect, interpret, and synthesize the enormously varied sources of Van Gogh’s thoughts and work.… read more

[Not in series, 77] 1996. 504 pp. 2040 bl/wh ill. + 100 color plates

The Fruit of Devotion: Mysticism and the imagery of love in Flemish paintings of the Virgin and Child, 1450–1550

Reindert L. Falkenburg

Against the background of the wide-spread 'love' spirituality of the late Middle Ages, the book takes as its central theme the 'taste' metaphor which appears in paintings featuring the Virgin and Child, belonging to the genre of the Andachtsbild. The first chapter describes the use of fruit and… read more

[OCULI: Studies in the Arts of the Low Countries, 5] 1994. x, 244 pp. 84 bl./wh. ills., bibl. index

The Mythology of Vincent van Gogh

Edited by Tsukasa Kōdera

Since his death in 1890, numerous myths have arisen about the life and person of Vincent van Gogh. The painter has variously been seen as a misunderstood genius, peintre maudit, martyr, or the tormented soul in search of truth. While some regarded him as an inspired madman, others credited Van Gogh… read more

[Not in series, 67] 1993. 462 pp. 184 color plates/118 bl.wh.ills.

Rubens: The Garden of Love as Conversatie à la mode

Elise Goodman

This book is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of Rubens's celebrated painting in the Prado, popularly known as the Garden of Love, but more properly termed Conversatie à la mode or Conversatie van joffrs (young women). Goodman demonstrates that the Conversatie embodies ideas on manners,… read more

[OCULI: Studies in the Arts of the Low Countries, 4] 1992. x, 250 pp. 66 bl./wh. ills., bibl.,index

Dutch Literature in the Age of Rembrandt: Themes and ideas

Maria A. Schenkeveld

Dutch literature of the 17th century, while not as famous as other elements of the culture of the Dutch Golden Age, deserves independent focus, not only because of its own intrinsic worth, but also because of the evidence of strong social concern that it presents and the light it sheds on other… read more

[Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature, 28] 1991. x, 216 pp., 60 ills.

Hemel en Aarde: Werelden van verbeelding

Onder redactie van Sorin Alexandrescu, Herman Parret en Ton Quik

Hemel & Aarde, Werelden van Verbeelding is het begeleidend boek bij de gelijknamige tentoonstelling in het Bonnefantenmuseum te Maastricht, 23 november – 23 februari, 1992. Door de eeuwen heen heeft de mens getracht zich een voorstelling te maken van Hemel en Aarde, de twee grote onbekenden… read more

[Not in series, 45] 1991. 312 pp., 200 ills.

Innovatie

Onder redactie van Douwe W. Fokkema † en Frans Ruiter

Deze bundel presenteert interdisciplinair onderzoek rond het thema innovatie. De krititische vragen die L.C. Brinkman, destijds minister van WVC, bij het begrip innovatie in de kunst stelt, worden beantwoord door de theater wetenschapper Henri Schoenmakers. De bijdragen op het gebied van muziek… read more

[Not in series, 43] 1990. xiv, 162 pp. + 20 ills.

Vincent van Gogh: Christianity versus nature

Tsukasa Kōdera

This book analyzes the deeper meaning of recurring themes in van Goghs uvre, such as the sower, the sun and the sunflower, against the religious background of his time. It traces the conflict between Christianity and nature that underlies the process of substitution of natural for Christian… read more

[OCULI: Studies in the Arts of the Low Countries, 3] 1990. xii, 283 pp. 120 bl./wh.ills.,8 color il

Das Akademische Kunstmuseum der Universität Bonn unter der Direktion von Reinhard Kekulé

Wilfred Geominy

[Not in series - Grüner, 44] 1989. x, 253 pp., 16 ills.

Joachim Patinir: Landscape as an image of the Pilgrimage of Life

Reindert L. Falkenburg

The study of Patinir’s landscapes sets out to demonstrate that they are grounded in the moral and religious thought of his time and closely related to late Medieval devotional art. The first part demonstrates that the figural elements in Patinir’s landscapes are based on a type of ‘devotional image… read more

[OCULI: Studies in the Arts of the Low Countries, 2] 1988. vii, 226 pp. 50 bl./wh.ills.,bibl.,index

Saenredam: The art of perspective

Rob Ruurs

In this book three issues are discussed which all concern the history of perspective and pertain to the work of the 17th-century artist Pieter Saenredam, best known for his paintings of church interiors.The book opens with an introduction on central perspective, followed by a discussion of the… read more

[OCULI: Studies in the Arts of the Low Countries, 1] 1987. 228 pp., 37 bl/wh ills,bibl.,gloss.,index

The Liberal Arts and the Jesuit College System

Aldo Scaglione

The Jesuit educational system, with its successful applications in all parts of the world for several centuries, is one of the most durable, influential, and far-reaching experiments in the history of education. In this monograph Aldo Scaglione explores the complex genesis of the system, which it… read more

[Not in series, 26] 1986. vii, 248 pp.

Rembrandt nel Seicento toscano

Bert W. Meijer

[Not in series, 15] 1983. 63 pp. + 25 illus.

The early Venetian Paintings in Holland

H.W. van Os, J.R.J. van Asperen De Boer, C.E. de Jong-Jansen and C. Wiethoff

[Not in series, 8] 1978. 161 pp., 75 black-and-white photogr.,12 small

Elementa Epigraphices Graecae: 1840

I. Franzius

[Not in series - Grüner, 39] 1972. x, 400 pp.

Marques typographiques ou recueil des monogrammes , chiffres, ensiegnes, emblèmes, devises, rébus et fleurons des libraires et imprimeurs qui ont excercé en France, depuis l'introduction de l'imprimerie, en 1470, jusqu'à la fin du seizième siecle: A ces marques sont jointes celles des libraires et imprimeurs qui pendant la même période ont publié, hors de France, des livres en langue française. 1853-1867

Louis-Catherine Silvestre

[Not in series - Grüner, 100] 1971. xii, 745 pp.

Annals of Parisian Typography: Containing an accouint of the earliest typographical establishments of Paris and notices and illustrations of the most remarkable productions of the Parisian Gothic Press. 1818

William Parr Greswell

[Not in series - Grüner, 49] 1970. xii, 356 pp.

Musica Romana: Die Bedeutung der Musik im Leben der Römer

Günther Wille

Vorliegende Arbeit, welche die Bedeutung der Musik im antiken Rom zum Gegenstand hat, versucht eine Zusammenschau hundertjähriger Einzelforschung verschiedener Disziplinen, um Altertums- und Musikwissenschaft durch Darstellung und Quellendokumentation zu neuem Verständnis und neuer Bewertung einer… read more

[Not in series - Grüner, 115] 1967. 799 pp.