The Sublime in the Visual Culture of the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic

This scholarly work challenges the traditional perception of Dutch visual culture as solely representative of order and everyday life by exploring the role of the sublime in Dutch art, architecture, and theater. The authors, Stijn Bussels and Bram Van Oostveldt, argue that Dutch art engaged with the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bussels, Stijn (-)
Other Authors: Van Oostveldt, Bram
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Milton : Taylor & Francis Group 2023.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Routledge Research in Art History Series
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009781198106719
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Hupsos: Franciscus Junius and the Reception of On the Sublime
  • 2. Sublimis and Le Merveilleux: Dramatizing, Performing, and Picturing Phaethon’s Fall
  • 3. Vreese Godts: Divine Sublimity and the Invisibility of God
  • 4. Sublime Landscapes and Seascapes
  • 5. Magnificence and the Politics of Architecture
  • 6. The Medusean Gaze: Terror and the Sublime
  • 7. Wonder by Touch
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Index