Sense Knowledge and the Challenge of Italian Renaissance Art : : El Greco, Velázquez, Rembrandt / / Giles Knox.

Giles Knox examines how El Greco, Velázquez, and Rembrandt, though a disparate group of artists, were connected by a new self-consciousness with respect to artistic tradition. In particular, Knox considers the relationship of these artists to the art of Renaissance Italy, and sets aside nationalist...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Visual and Material Culture, 1300 -1700 ; 17
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Physical Description:1 online resource (242 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction: Polemics of Painting
  • Part One. Origin Stories and the Challenge of Italy
  • 1. El Greco: Italy, Crete, Toledo
  • 2. From El Greco to Velázquez: Juan Bautista Maíno
  • Part Two. Illusion, Materiality, Touch
  • 3. Velázquez and Inversion: Making and Illusion
  • 4. Vulcan, Mars, and Venus: Erotic Touch
  • 5. Late Rembrandt I: Texture and the Skilled Touch
  • 6. Late Rembrandt II: Feeling with the Eyes
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • About the Author
  • Index