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Dutch Art and Urban Cultures, 1200-1700
Elisabeth de Bievre
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Description for Dutch Art and Urban Cultures, 1200-1700
Hardback. Num Pages: 492 pages, 100 color + 180 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 292 x 240 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2382.
Traditionally Dutch art is seen and presented as a coherent phenomenon-the product of state formation in the late 16th century. Elisabeth de Bievre challenges this view and its assumptions in a radical new account. Arguing that the Dutch Golden Age was far from unified, de Bievre exposes how distinct geographical circumstances and histories shaped each urban development and, in turn, fundamentally informed the art and visual culture of individual cities. In seven chapters, each devoted to a single city, the book follows the growth of Amsterdam, Delft, Dordrecht, Haarlem, Leiden, The Hague, and Utrecht ... Read more
Traditionally Dutch art is seen and presented as a coherent phenomenon-the product of state formation in the late 16th century. Elisabeth de Bievre challenges this view and its assumptions in a radical new account. Arguing that the Dutch Golden Age was far from unified, de Bievre exposes how distinct geographical circumstances and histories shaped each urban development and, in turn, fundamentally informed the art and visual culture of individual cities. In seven chapters, each devoted to a single city, the book follows the growth of Amsterdam, Delft, Dordrecht, Haarlem, Leiden, The Hague, and Utrecht ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
2381g
Number of Pages
492
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300205626
SKU
V9780300205626
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About Elisabeth de Bievre
Elisabeth de Bievre is an independent scholar who has taught at the University of East Anglia Norwich, the University of California, Los Angeles, and University College London.
Reviews for Dutch Art and Urban Cultures, 1200-1700
Sumptuously produced and illustrated to Yale University Press's customary high standards, the books would be welcome simply as a splendid guide to Dutch urban histories, complete with maps, photographs and topographical views of the many surviving architectural sights and monuments. But de Bievre's purpose is more ambitious... by drawing out the character of each place she deepens our understanding and ... Read more