Art and Letters, an Illustrated Monthly Magazine 1883 book by J. Comyns Carr

J. Comyns Carr

Edité par Remington & Co., 1883

Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Some light tanning due to age. Very large book. Year 1883. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> In estimating the genius of the Dutch masters, the social aspect of the country in which they lived, and the political tendencies then dominant must of necessity be taken into account. And this applies with especial force to the particular period when Frans Hals became famous. It must be remembered that Holland was severely Protestant, and also Republican. There were, therefore, neither churches to adorn nor palaces to decorate. There were neither Madonnas nor saints to occupy the painter, and the heathen mythology seems to have been under the same ban. No fields were available beyond portraiture and historical composition, and as repositories for the works of art, municipal halls and charitable institutions took the place of regal palaces and ecclesiastical establishments. The natural, if not inevitable result was the production of paintings which were at once portraiti and records of events in the history of the country, such as assemblages of magistrates, companies of the civil. N° de réf. du vendeur Batch-FM513-G-11245

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Art and Letters, an Illustrated Monthly ...
Éditeur : Remington & Co.
Date d'édition : 1883
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Good