Dutch Painting, 1600-1800

by Seymour Slive

• ISBN13: 9780300074512
• ISBN10: 0300074514
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1998-12-11
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

This lavishly illustrated book is an authoritative study of Dutch painting from 1600 to 1800 and covers all the major artists of the period -- including Hals, Rembrandt, and Vermeer -- setting them firmly in the wider context of Dutch art. It has immediately established itself as the new standard work on this great period of painting. "Seymour Slive's text first appeared in 1966 in partnership with the late Jakob Rosenberg. It was wonderful then, and it is even more so now that Mr. Slive has revised and expanded his text, and the number of illustrations is now 432, about twice as many as before". -- John Russell, New York Times Book Review "Slive is a great teacher and he knows how to impart his enthusiasm to his readers.... This volume is the useful instrument which every user will hope and expect to find". -- Lyckle De Vries, Burlington Magazine "Like the original Pelican volume, this one is an essential reference and serves both the academic and the general reader". -- Choice

Table of Contents

Map of the Republic of the United Netherlands: 1648	vii	(1)
Preface	viii
PART ONE: 1600-1675	1	(294)
1. Introduction	1	(1)
2. Historical Backgrounds	2	(5)
3. Late Mannerism and International Trends 1600-1625	7	(21)
The Mannerists	7	(8)
Pieter Lastman and the Pre-Rembrandtists	15	(3)
The Utrecht School and the Caravaggisti	18	(10)
4. Frans Hals	28	(27)
Early Works 1610-1620	28	(8)
Works between 1620 and 1640	36	(12)
The Last Decades 1650-1666	48	(7)
5. Rembrandt	55	(43)
The Leiden Period 1625-1631	55	(5)
The First Amsterdam Period 1632-1639	60	(8)
The Middle Period 1640-1647	68	(9)
The Mature Period 1648-1669	77	(21)
6. Rembrandt`s Pupils and Followers	98	(24)
The Leiden Period	100	(5)
The First Amsterdam Period	105	(4)
The Middle Period	109	(4)
The Mature Period	113	(9)
7. Genre Painting	122	(55)
Early High-Life, Domestic, and Barrack-Room Scenes	123	(10)
Peasant and Low-Life Scenes	133	(4)
The School of Delft	137	(21)
Johannes Vermeer	137	(15)
Pieter de Hooch	152	(6)
Gerard ter Borch, Gabriel Metsu, and other Painters of Domestic and High-Life Scenes	158	(11)
Jan Steen	169	(8)
8. Landscape	177	(36)
Mannerists	179	(2)
Early Realists	181	(2)
Hercules Segers	183	(3)
Tonal Phase	186	(9)
Classical Phase	195	(18)
9. Marine Painting	213	(12)
10. Italianate and Classical Painting	225	(21)
The First Generation	225	(5)
Italianate and Classical Painting for Stadholder Frederik Hendrik	230	(3)
Pieter van Laer (Bamboccio) and the Bamboccianti	233	(5)
The Second Generation of Italianate Landscapists	238	(8)
11. Protraiture	246	(16)
12. Architectural Painting	262	(15)
13. Still Life	277	(18)
PART TWO: 1675-1800	295	(33)
14. Historical Background, Trends of Criticism and Collecting	295	(6)
15. The Decorative Tradition	301	(5)
16. Genre, Portrait, and Cabinet-sized History Painting	306	(12)
17. Still-Life, Topographical, and Landscape Painting	318	(10)
Abbreviations	328	(1)
Notes	329	(10)
Bibliography	339	(26)
Index	365