Holland S Golden Age in America: Collecting the Art of Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Hals Contributor(s): Quodbach, Esmée (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0271062010 ISBN-13: 9780271062013 Publisher: Penn State University Press OUR PRICE: $74.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Baroque & Rococo - Art | History - Medieval |
Dewey: 759.949 |
LCCN: 2013034519 |
Series: Frick Collection Studies in the History of Art Collecting in |
Physical Information: 1.13" H x 8.33" W x 10.33" (3.05 lbs) 264 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Americans have long had a taste for the art and culture of Holland's Golden Age. As a result, the United States can boast extraordinary holdings of Dutch paintings. Celebrated masters such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, and Frans Hals are exceptionally well represented, but many fine paintings by their contemporaries can be found as well. In this groundbreaking volume, fourteen noted American and Dutch scholars examine the allure of seventeenth-century Dutch painting to Americans over the past centuries. The authors of Holland's Golden Age in America explain in lively detail why and how American collectors as well as museums turned to the Dutch masters to enrich their collections. They examine the role played by Dutch settlers in colonial America and their descendants, the evolution of American appreciation of the Dutch school, the circumstances that led to the Dutch school swiftly becoming one of the most coveted national schools of painting, and, finally, the market for Dutch pictures today.Richly illustrated, this volume is an invaluable contribution to the scholarship on the collecting history of Dutch art in America, and it is certain to inspire further research. In addition to the editor, the contributors are Ronni Baer, Quentin Buvelot, Lloyd DeWitt, Peter Hecht, Lance Humphries, Walter Liedtke, Louisa Wood Ruby, Catherine B. Scallen, Annette Stott, Peter C. Sutton, Dennis P. Weller, Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., and Anne T. Woollett. |
Contributor Bio(s): Quodbach, Esmee: - Esmée Quodbach is Assistant Director of the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library in New York. |