Vermeer van Delft gilt als der bedeutendste Schilderer holländischen Lebens im sog. Goldenen Zeitalter. Viele Studien zu seinen Gemälden haben sich mit der Entschlüsselung verborgener Zusammenhänge und symbolischer Bezüge beschäftigt. Bisher ging die Forschung dabei davon aus, dass die Philosophie Spinozas und Descartes' den Maler beeinflusst haben könnte. Andeas Prater zeigt hingegen, dass und wie bestimmte Maximen und Sentenzen Epikurs und seines lateinischen Herolds Lukrez in Vermeers Malerei Eingang gefunden haben. Epikur wurde im 17. Jahrhundert wiederentdeckt und hinsichtlich seiner lange in Verruf geratenen Lehre von Freude und Lust rehabilitiert. Die bisher völlig unbeachteten und unbekannten Aspekte lassen das Werk des großen holländischen Malers in einem ganz neuen Licht erscheinen.

Vermeer und Epikur: Lebenslust in der Kunst der Frühaufklärung (German Edition)

Arts & Photography

Prater, Andreas

History & Criticism

de Gruyter

Caravaggios Realismus und die dramatisch gesteigerten Kontraste seiner Helldunkelmalerei erschienen den Zeitgenossen revolutionär und prägten die Kunst des Barock entscheidend. Die inneren Zusammenhänge, die Voraussetzungen und Wandlungen dieser malerischen Leistungen werden hier genetisch und ikonologisch untersucht. Die Polarität von Licht und Finsternis fuehrt zu einem modernen Begriff des Bildes, das auf Kosten der Menschen und Dinge, die in ihm erscheinen, ästhetisch autonom wird. Die Konsequenzen, die dieses Helldunkel hat, erschuettern die traditionellen Strukturen der Farbgebung und damit ebenso jene von Raum, Zeit, Körper und Stofflichkeit. In exemplarischen Einzelanalysen wird gezeigt, wie tief diese neue Ästhetik gerade auch in die Bildinhalte eindringt und sie verändert.

Licht und Farbe bei Caravaggio: Studien zur Aesthetik und Ikonologie des Helldunkels (German Edition)

Franz Steiner Verlag

From the sixteenth century onwards, artists increasingly turned their attention to images of Venus. In their treatment of this great mythological subject, they also honed their skills in the portrayal of seductive nudes celebrating the beauty of the female body. Few such paintings possess the multi-facetted complexity of Velazquez' Venus at Her Mirror (better known as the Rokeby Venus), which has intrigued and challenged scholars ever since. Andreas Prater examines the many aspects and possible interpretations of this famous work, its lasting impact on the art of the nude and the enduring fascination it has exerted on the public. He looks at the painting's interesting history leading up to its being slashed by a suffragette at the National Gallery in London in 1919 and its subsequent, painstaking restoration. In this publication, the author places the Rokeby Venus in its poltical and art-historical context, comparing and contrasting it with works by Giorgione, Veronese, Titian, Goya and Manet.

Venus at Her Mirror: Velazquez and the Art of Nude Painting

Individual Artists

Prestel Pub

This volume traces the history of painting from medieval times to modern times with a focus on each era and its major artists.

Masterpieces of Western Art: A History of Art in 900 Individual Studies from the Gothic to the Present Day (From Gothic to Neoclassicism: Part 1)

Wundram, Manfred

Suckale, Robert

Taschen

Baroque (Basic Art)

Let there be light 
The Baroque period in painting and sculpture, stretching from the late 16th century to the early 18th century and occurring between the Mannerist and Rococo movements, was marked by richness, drama, and grandeur. Stylistically complex yet intensely engaging, Baroque art commonly combined dramatic lighting effects and theatrical compositions with great movement and energy. Caravaggio, Annibale Carracci, Rembrandt, and Rubens are among the artists most commonly associated with the Baroque movement. 
Artists featured: Francesco Albani, Caravaggio, Valentin de Boulogne, Jan Breughel the Elder, Annibale Carracci, Anthonis van Dyck, Adam Elsheimer, Georg Flegel, Luca Giordano, Guercino, Frans Hals, Pieter de Hooch, Jacob Jordaens, Willem Kalf, Giovanni Lanfranco, Charles Le Brun, Johann Liss, Claude Lorrain, Batolomé Esteban Murillo, Nicolas Poussin, Mattia Preti, Rembrandt, Guido Reni, Jusepe de Ribera, Hyacinthe Rigaud, Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Stehen, Hendrick Terbrugghen, Georges de la Tour, Diego Velázquez, Willem van der Velde the Younger, Jan Vermeer, Simon Vouet, Francisco de Zubarán

Bauer, Hermann

This short but thorough introduction to the painting of the Baroque era in Europe includes the main works of such artists as Breugel, Caravaggio, van Dyck, Poussin, Rembrandt, Rubens, Velazquez, and Vermeer.

Paintings of the Baroque (Epochs & Styles)

Barock

Taschen Deutschland GmbH+

From dramatically lit paintings to elaborate gilded interiors, the Baroque era introduced a new dimension to Western art. In place of the harmonious perspectives and elegant proportions of the Renaissance came a world of momentum, energy, and heightened spectacle. The style influenced many forms and disciplines between the 16th and 18th centuries, infusing painting, sculpture, architecture, and music with a direct, often emotive, appeal to the audience. This TASCHEN Basic Art 2.0 edition focuses on Baroque painting. Through mythological and religious scenes, still lifes, and beyond, we explore how a vivid vocabulary of deep colors, intense shadows, dramatic gestures, and diagonal lines infiltrated both northern and southern European schools. Along the way, we meet such leading Baroque practitioners as Nicolas Poussin, Annibale Carracci, Caravaggio, Velázquez, Rubens, and Rembrandt, and examine their particular innovations in composition, narrative, and light to achieve a Baroque sensibility. About the series Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art History series features: approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions a detailed, illustrated introduction a selection of the most important works of the epoch, each presented on a two-page spread with a full-page image and accompanying interpretation, as well as a portrait and brief biography of the artist

Baroque (Basic Art) (French Edition)

From dramatically lit paintings to elaborate gilded interiors, the Baroque era introduced a new dimension to Western art. In place of the harmonious perspectives and elegant proportions of the Renaissance came a world of momentum, energy, and heightened spectacle. The style influenced many forms and disciplines between the 16th and 18th centuries, infusing painting, sculpture, architecture, and music with a direct, often emotive, appeal to the audience.
This TASCHEN Basic Art 2.0 edition focuses on Baroque painting. Through mythological and religious scenes, still lifes, and beyond, we explore how a vivid vocabulary of deep colors, intense shadows, dramatic gestures, and diagonal lines infiltrated both northern and southern European schools. Along the way, we meet such leading Baroque practitioners as Nicolas Poussin, Annibale Carracci, Caravaggio, Velázquez, Rubens, and Rembrandt, and examine their particular innovations in composition, narrative, and light to achieve a Baroque sensibility.

Barocco

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Vermeer und Epikur: Lebenslust in der Kunst der Frühaufklärung (German Edition)

Licht und Farbe bei Caravaggio: Studien zur Aesthetik und Ikonologie des Helldunkels (German Edition)

Venus at Her Mirror: Velazquez and the Art of Nude Painting

Masterpieces of Western Art: A History of Art in 900 Individual Studies from the Gothic to the Present Day (From Gothic to Neoclassicism: Part 1)

Baroque (Basic Art)

Paintings of the Baroque (Epochs & Styles)

Barock

Baroque (Basic Art) (French Edition)

Baroque (Basic Art)

Barocco