The Ashgate research companion to Dutch art of the seventeenth century

Despite the tremendous number of studies produced annually in the field of Dutch art over the last 30 years or so, and the strong contemporary market for works by Dutch masters of the period as well as the public's ongoing fascination with some of its most beloved painters, until now there has been no comprehensive study assessing the state of research in the field. As the first study of its kind, this book is a useful resource for scholars and advanced students of seventeenth-century Dutch art, and also serves as a springboard for further research. Its 19 chapters, divided into three sections and written by a team of internationally renowned art historians, address a wide variety of topics, ranging from those that might be considered "traditional" to others that have only drawn scholarly attention comparatively recently.

pt. 1 Traditional Genres -- 1. Seventeenth-Century Dutch Portrait Comes of Age / Ann Jensen Adams -- 2. Still Lively: Recent Scholarship on Still-Life Painting / Julie Berger Hochstrasser -- 3. An Assessment of Recent Scholarship on Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Imagery / Linda Stone-Ferrier -- 4. Points of View: Recent Studies on Dutch Landscape Painting / Boudewijn Barker -- 5. Imagined Spaces: Perspectives on the Study of Church Interiors and Cityscapes / Almut Pollmer-Schmidt -- pt. 2 Major Artists, Movements, and Other Media -- 6. Frans Hals and His Time / Christopher D. M. Atkins -- 7. Rembrandt and His Circle / Stephanie S. Dickey -- 8. Rules of Art and Rembrandt, 1630 -- 1730 / Thijs Weststeijn -- 9. Johannes Vermeer / H. Perry Chapman -- 10. Dutch Mannerism / Gero Seelig -- 11. Dutch Encounter with Italy: The State of Research / David A. Levine -- 12. Out of the Shadow of the Golden Age: Recent Scholarly Developments Concerning Dutch Painting of the Late Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries / Junko Aono -- 13. Stepping up to the Plate: The State of Research in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Prints / Nadine M. Orenstein -- 14. Drawn into the Light: The State of Research in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Drawings / Judith Noorman -- 15. Towards a Reassessment of Dutch Seventeenth-Century Sculpture / Bieke Van Der Mark -- pt. 3 Topics of Recent Research -- 16. Economic Aspects of Dutch Art / Claartje Rasterhoff -- 17. Urban Identity and the Validity of City Schools in Dutch Art / John Loughman -- 18. Dutch Art in Relation to Seventeenth-Century Flemish Art / Karolien De Clippel -- 19. Dutch Art and Artists from a Global Perspective: The State of the Research / Rebecca Parker Brienen. [Machine generated contents note]