The sublime in the visual culture of the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic / Stijn Bussels and Bram Van Oostveldt.
| Author/creator | Bussels, Stijn |
| Other author | Oostveldt, Bram van. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Hupsos: Franciscus Junius and the Reception of On the sublime -- Sublimis and Le merveilleux : dramatizing, performing, and picturing Phaethon's fall -- Vreese Godts : divine sublimity and the invisibilty of God -- Sublime landscapes and seascapes -- Magnificence and the politics of architecture -- The Medusean gaze : terror and the sublime -- Wonder by touch. |
| Abstract | "Contrary to what Kant believed about the Dutch (and their visual culture) as "being of an orderly and diligent position" and thus having no feeling for the sublime, this book argues that the sublime played an important role in seventeenth-century Dutch visual culture. By looking at different visualizations of exceptional heights, divine presence, political grandeur, extreme violence, and extraordinary artifacts, the authors demonstrate how viewers were confronted with the sublime, which evoked in them a combination of contrasting feelings of awe and fear, attraction and repulsion. In studying seventeenth-century Dutch visual culture through the lens of notions of the sublime, we can move beyond the traditional and still widespread views on Dutch art as the ultimate representation of everyday life and the expression of a prosperous society in terms of calmness, neatness, and order. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, visual culture, architectural history, and cultural history"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Terms of use | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Bussels, Stijn. Sublime in the visual culture of the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023 9781032375878 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023027532 |
| ISBN | 9781003340942 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |