Art in history : history in art : studies in seventeenth-century Dutch culture

Santa Monica USA: J. Paul Getty, 1991. — 456 p. — ISBN-0-89236-200-6 Art in History—History in Art considers the potential for a reciprocally illuminating relationship between art history and history in light of recent methodological developments in both fields. The volume opens with contributions from a historian and an art historian; they examine the weaknesses of an art history without a social or economic history and lay the groundwork for the ensuing discussions of how the procedures and methods of each discipline may serve the aims of the other. A wide critique of approaches to the interpretation of realism in Dutch pictures forms the second section of the book. Included are critical views of recent iconographic developments, as well as contributions by a plant taxidermist and a marine historian. In the volume’s third section, new statistical and numerical models for the study of Dutch art in Dutch society are presented by three economic historians. The concluding essay provides a constructive critique of existing methodologies within each field. The volume offers the most secure basis to date for future work on the interaction between the two disciplines and between the content of pictures and the cultures that produce them. Art In History/history In Art: Studies In Seventeenth-century Dutch Culture Considers The Potential For A Reciprocally Illuminating Relationship Between Art History And History In Light Of Recent Methodological Developments In Both Fields. The Volume Opens With Contributions From A Historian And An Art Historian; They Examine The Weaknesses Of An Art History Without A Social Or Economic History And Lay The Groundwork For The Ensuing Discussions Of How The Procedures And Methods Of Each Discipline May Serve The Aims Of The Other. A Wide Critique Of Approaches To The Interpretation Of Realism In Dutch Pictures Forms The Second Section Of The Book. Included Are Critical Views Of Recent Iconographic Developments, As Well As Contributions By A Plant Taxonomist And A Marine Historian. In The Volume's Third Section New Statistical And Numerical Models For The Study Of Dutch Art In Dutch Society Are Presented By Three Economic Historians. The Concluding Essay Provides A Constructive Critique Of Existing Methodologies Within Each Field. Art In History/history In Art: Studies In Seventeenth-century Dutch Culture Offers The Most Secure Basis To Date For Future Work On The Interaction Between The Two Disciplines And Between The Content Of Pictures And The Cultures That Produce Them. Art In History / Gary Schwartz -- History In Art / J.w. Smit -- Market Scenes As Viewed By An Art Historian / Linda Stone-ferrier -- Market Scenes As Viewed By A Plant Biologist / Willem A. Brandenburg -- Marine Paintings And The History Of Shipbuilding / Richard W. Unger -- Skies And Reality In Dutch Landscape / John Walsh -- Some Notes On Interpretation / E. De Jongh -- Are These Girls Really So Neat? : On Kitchen Scenes And Method / Jochen Becker -- Didactic And Disguised Meanings? : Several Seventeenth-century Texts On Paintings And The Iconological Approach To Northern Dutch Paintings Of This Period / Eric J. Sluijter -- The Changing Face Of Realism / Lyckle De Vries -- Art History / Jan De Vries. The Volume And Value Of Paintings In Holland At The Time Of The Dutch Republic / Ad Van Der Woude -- Works Of Art In Seventeenth-century Amsterdam : An Analysis Of Subjects And Attributions / John Michael Montias -- Science, Commerce, And Art : Neglected Topics At The Junction Of History And Art History / David Freedberg. Edited By David Freedberg And Jan De Vries. This Volume ... Evolved From The Symposium Entitled Art In History: History In Art, Which Was Held At The Getty Center For The History Of Art And The Humanities, Santa Monica, California, 30 April-2 May 1987--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 CONTENTS 8 INTRODUCTION 12 Introduction 12 Art in History 18 History in Art 28 PART I: ART AND REALITY 38 Market Scenes As Viewed by an Art Historian 40 Market Scenes As Viewed by a Plant Biologist 70 Marine Paintings and the History of Shipbuilding 86 Skies and Reality in Dutch Landscape 106 Some Notes on Interpretation 130 Are These Girls Really So Neat? On Kitchen Scenes and Method 150 Didactic and Disguised Meanings? Several Seventeenth-Century Texts on Painting and the Iconological Approach to Northern Dutch Paintings of This Period 186 The Changing Face of Realism 220 PART II: ART, ECONOMY, AND SOCIETY 258 Art History 260 The Volume and Value of Paintings in Holland at the Time of the Dutch Republic 296 Works of Art in Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam: An Analysis of Subjects and Attributions 342 CONCLUSION 386 Science, Commerce, and Art: Neglected Topics at theJunction of History and Art History 388 Biographical Notes on the Authors 440 Index 442 A 442 B 443 C 444 D 444 E 445 F 445 G 446 H 447 I 447 J 448 K 448 L 448 M 449 N 450 O 450 P 451 R 452 S 453 T 454 U 454 V 454 W 455 Z 455 This series explores open questions at the intersection of art history and the humanities.Historians and art historians provide a critique of existing methodologies and an interdisciplinary inquiry into seventeenth-century Dutch art and culture.