Maarten Van Heemskerck’s Rome : Antiquity, Memory, and the Cult of Ruins

This book presents the first sustained study of the stunning drawings of Roman ruins by Haarlem artist Maarten van Heemskerck (1498–1574; in Rome, 1532 – ca. 1537). In three parts, Arthur J. DiFuria describes Van Heemskerck’s pre-Roman training, his time in Rome, and his use his ruinscapes for the art he made during his forty-year post-Roman phase. Building on the methods of his predecessors, Van Heemskerck mastered a dazzling array of methods to portray Rome in compelling fashion. Upon his return home, his Roman drawings sustained him for the duration of his prolific career. 'Maarten van Heemskerck’s Rome' concludes with the first ever catalog to bring together all of Van Heemskerck’s ruin drawings in state-of-the-art digital photography. Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Illustrations Introduction Maarten van Heemskerck’s Rome Drawings in Berlin and Scattered to the Four Winds The Historicized Van Heemskerck and Karel Van Mander’s 'Schilder-Boeck' Van Heemskerck’s Drawings and Memory Van Heemskerck and the Cult of Ruins Part 1. Imagining the Eternal: Maarten van Heemskerck Before Rome Introduction Chapter 1. The Possibility of a pre-Roman Maarten van Heemskerck Collection, Invention, and Netherlandish Antiquity c. 1510–25 The Status of the Ruin in Netherlandish Visual Culture c. 1510–25 The Roman Journey’s Status in the Netherlands and Van Heemskerck’s Road to the Eternal City Chapter 2. he Ruin Landscape in Jan van Scorel’s orkshop Prototype, Imitation, Emulation, Invention Van Scorel, Van Heemskerck, and the Ruin Leaving Van Scorel’s Workshop: Landscape and the 'Wanderjahr' Drawing Part 2. Drawing the Eternal: Van Heemskerck in Rome Introduction Chapter 3. Drawing Ruins in Post-Sack Rome Rome’s Post-Sack Milieu Drawing, Collecting, and the 'Chaos of Memory' Ruins in Post-Sack Rome Raphael and Van Heemskerck’s Ruinscapes Charles V’s Triumphal Procession Chapter 4. Memory and Maarten van Heemskerck’s Eternal Eye Discovering the Vestiges of Ancient Rome in the Frame The Compelling Space and the Epochal Time of Van Heemskerck’s Ruinscapes Artistry and Roman Topography as Memory Chapter 5. The Copious Hand An Abundant Technique Van Heemskerck’s Pre-Roman Technical Inheritance: Pen and Ink Hatching, Netherlandish Realism Towards Finish: The Flexibility of Van Heemskerck’s Pen and Ink Process Ink Washes, Chalk, Texture: Performance Mimesis, Performance, and Function Part 3. Remembering the Eternal: Van Heemskerck After Rome Introduction Chapter 6. Invention, Collecting, Antiquarianism Reinventing Rome: 'Panorama with the Abduction of Helen Amidst the Wonders of the World' Memory and Invention After Rome: Van Heemskerck’s Drawings in the Netherlands Van Heemskerck’s Inventions After the Antique: Means and Modes 'In Reminiscor': Reading the Ruins Chapter 7. Antiquity in 1553: Ruins and Self-Fashioning A Summa of the Self Coming of Age: The Signature Ruin and Netherlandish Antiquarianism Van Heemskerck’s Drawings and Hieronymus Cock’s 'Præcipua aliquot Romanae Antiquitatis Ruinarum' 'Self-Portrait before the Colosseum’s Antiquarian Audience' Chapter 8. Regnum, Reform, and Ruin Van Heemskerck and the Destruction of Art in the 'Age of Art' Before the 'Beeldenstorm', After the Antique 1569: The Rhetoric of Ruination Epilogue. After Van Heemskerck, After the Antique: A Continuum of Pictorial Memory Part 4. A Catalog of Maarten van Heemskerck’s Roman Ruin Drawings A Note on the Catalog In and Around the Forum Forum Romanum Capitoline Hill Palatine Hill Arch of Titus Colosseum Arch of Constantine Septizonium Forum Nervae On the Quirinal Hill Frontespizio di Nerone Baths of Diocletian Trofei di Mario San Lorenzo Fuori le Mure On the Tiber’s East Bank and On the Interior Porticus Octaviae Forum Boarium Piazza del Popolo Pantheon In and Around the Vatican Banchi and Borgo St. Peter’s Belvedere Near the South Wall Baths of Caracalla San Giovanni in Laterano Temple of Minerva Medica Porta Maggiore Pyramid of Cestius Further Afield: Otium Tivoli Villa Madama Panorama, Collection, Fragment, Fantasia Broad-View Panoramas Sculpture Collections, Gardens, and Cortile Architectural Fragments Fantasia Single Sheets with Multiple Copies after Maarten van Heemskerck: The so-called De Vos Sketchbook Deattributions Deattributions from Maarten Van Heemskerck A Deattributed Group of Drawings in Berlin: 'Anonymous C' A Brief Explanation and List of Previous Deattributions Notes References Index This book presents the first sustained study of the stunning drawings of Roman ruins by Haarlem artist Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574; in Rome, 1532-ca. 1537). In three parts, Arthur J. DiFuria describes Van Heemskerck's pre-Roman training, his time in Rome, and his use his ruinscapes for the art he made during his forty-year post-Roman phase. Building on the methods of his predecessors, Van Heemskerck mastered a dazzling array of methods to portray Rome in compelling fashion. Upon his return home, his Roman drawings sustained him for the duration of his prolific career. Maarten van Heemskerck's Rome concludes with the first ever catalog to bring together all of Van Heemskerck's ruin drawings in state-of-the-art digital photography. -- ‡c From publisher's description The first comprehensive analysis of the artist's Roman ruin drawings. Three parts take us from Van Heemskerck's training to his Roman stay and his post-Roman phase. A catalog presents Van Heemskerck's drawings in up-to-date digital photographs.