Images and Ideas in Seventeenth-Century Spanish Painting by Jonathan Brown

Images and Ideas in Seventeenth-Century Spanish Painting by Jonathan Brown

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Art historians have often minimized the variety and complexity of seventeenth-century Spanish painting by concentrating on individual artists and their works and by stressing discovery of new information rather than interpretation. As a consequence, the painter emerges in isolation from the forces that shaped his work. Jonathan Brown offers another

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Images and Ideas in Seventeenth-Century Spanish Painting by Jonathan Brown

Art historians have often minimized the variety and complexity of seventeenth-century Spanish painting by concentrating on individual artists and their works and by stressing discovery of new information rather than interpretation. As a consequence, the painter emerges in isolation from the forces that shaped his work. Jonathan Brown offers another
Jonathan Brown (1939–2022) was the Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Fine Arts at the Institute for Fine Arts at New York University and the author of a number of books, including Velázquez: Painter and Courtier; Kings and Connoisseurs: Collecting Art in Seventeenth-Century Europe; Painting in Spain, 1500–1700; and In the Shadow of Velázquez: A Life in Art History.
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ISBN 13 9780691003153
ISBN 10 0691003157
Title Images and Ideas in Seventeenth-Century Spanish Painting
Author Jonathan Brown
Series Princeton Essays On The Arts
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Princeton University Press
Year published 1979-01-21
Number of pages 201
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