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Vermeer and Plato: Painting the Ideal
Robert D. Huerta
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Description for Vermeer and Plato: Painting the Ideal
Hardcover. In a study that sweeps from Classical Antiquity to the seventeenth century, Robert D. Huerta explores the common intellectual threads that link the art of Johannes Vermeer to the philosophy of Plato. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 224 x 13. Weight in Grams: 767.
In a study that sweeps from Classical Antiquity to the seventeenth century, Robert D. Huerta explores the common intellectual threads that link the art of Johannes Vermeer to the philosophy of Plato. Examining the work of luminaries such as Plotinus, Nicholas of Cusa, St. Augustine, Ficino, Raphael, Keller, Galileo, Descartes, and Hoydens, Huerta argues that the concurrence of idealism and naturalism in Vermeer's art reflects the Dutch master's assimilation of Platonic and classical ideals, concepts that were part of the Renaissance revival of classical thought. Pursuing a Platonic path, Vermeer used his paintings as a visual dialectic, as part of ... Read more
In a study that sweeps from Classical Antiquity to the seventeenth century, Robert D. Huerta explores the common intellectual threads that link the art of Johannes Vermeer to the philosophy of Plato. Examining the work of luminaries such as Plotinus, Nicholas of Cusa, St. Augustine, Ficino, Raphael, Keller, Galileo, Descartes, and Hoydens, Huerta argues that the concurrence of idealism and naturalism in Vermeer's art reflects the Dutch master's assimilation of Platonic and classical ideals, concepts that were part of the Renaissance revival of classical thought. Pursuing a Platonic path, Vermeer used his paintings as a visual dialectic, as part of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
148
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611482249
SKU
V9781611482249
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99-15
About Robert D. Huerta
Robert D. Huerta is an independent historian, focusing on the intersection between art and science during the early modern period.
Reviews for Vermeer and Plato: Painting the Ideal
"An unusual and innovative book...[Huerta's review] is interesting and suggestive, especially in the context of 17th-century art and culture."
F. W. Robinson
Cornell University
F. W. Robinson
Cornell University