| |||||||||||||||
 Trade In this Item for up to £8.25
Get an extra £5 when you trade in books worth £10 or more until June 30, 2012. Trade in Dutch Painting, 1600-1800 (Pelican History of Art) for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £8.25, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Find more products eligible for trade-in.
|
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
More About the Author
Product Description
Product Description
This lavishly illustrated book is an authoritative study of Dutch painting from 1600 to 1800 and covers all the major artists of the period -- including Hals, Rembrandt, and Vermeer -- setting them firmly in the wider context of Dutch art. It has immediately established itself as the new standard work on this great period of painting.
"Seymour Slive's text first appeared in 1966 in partnership with the late Jakob Rosenberg. It was wonderful then, and it is even more so now that Mr. Slive has revised and expanded his text, and the number of illustrations is now 432, about twice as many as before". -- John Russell, New York Times Book Review
"Slive is a great teacher and he knows how to impart his enthusiasm to his readers.... This volume is the useful instrument which every user will hope and expect to find". -- Lyckle De Vries, Burlington Magazine
"Like the original Pelican volume, this one is an essential reference and serves both the academic and the general reader". -- Choice
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
First Sentence
Dutch painting of the seventeenth century has such a distinctive character that one easily overlooks its ties with the Baroque style as an international phenomenon. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Dutch painting of the seventeenth century has such a distinctive character that one easily overlooks its ties with the Baroque style as an international phenomenon. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Dutch Painting in its Golden Age is one of the great achievements in the history of western art, and the work of its great masters, Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Vermeer and van Ruisdael are names to conjure with.
The author of this magnificent volume, Seymour Slive, states disarmingly in the Preface that when he was asked by Yale University Press whether he would consider writing a new edition of the old Pelican History of Art volume (of which he was a co-author in 1966) he declined: "at my age I find it prudent to limit my liability." Urged again by Yale, he reread the original text and decided that the new format Yale Dutch Painting did indeed need thorough revion. I doubt that anyone could have made a better job of it.
The larger format of this edition (28.5 by 21.5 cm) allows for the inclusion of many more illustrations, with a generous proportion in full colour in full-page or half-page format.
The illustrations are overall excellent. And the text is excellent too. Seymour Slive's writing style is jargon free, and he acts throughout as a wise and congenial guide to the whole age of 17th and 18th Century Dutch Art. His approach is expository and descriptive rather than analytical, his enthusiasm for the works discussed contagious,at times even moving, especially in his long chapter on Rembrandt. The reader learns a great deal from reading this book. It is definitive without being exhaustive.
The author of this magnificent volume, Seymour Slive, states disarmingly in the Preface that when he was asked by Yale University Press whether he would consider writing a new edition of the old Pelican History of Art volume (of which he was a co-author in 1966) he declined: "at my age I find it prudent to limit my liability." Urged again by Yale, he reread the original text and decided that the new format Yale Dutch Painting did indeed need thorough revion. I doubt that anyone could have made a better job of it.
The larger format of this edition (28.5 by 21.5 cm) allows for the inclusion of many more illustrations, with a generous proportion in full colour in full-page or half-page format.
The illustrations are overall excellent. And the text is excellent too. Seymour Slive's writing style is jargon free, and he acts throughout as a wise and congenial guide to the whole age of 17th and 18th Century Dutch Art. His approach is expository and descriptive rather than analytical, his enthusiasm for the works discussed contagious,at times even moving, especially in his long chapter on Rembrandt. The reader learns a great deal from reading this book. It is definitive without being exhaustive.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
5 reviews
34 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Superb Survey of Dutch Painting
3 April 2004
Format:Hardcover
I could not disagree more with the reviewer below. This is a thorough treatment of Dutch painting that includes both the heavyweights and lesser known figures. It is rarely technical; instead we get Slive's visceral (but authoritative) reactions to individual artists and works. He gives us context, but never overdoes it till the life is drained from the art. As a result, he explains Dutch painting but doesn't lessen the wonder that draws us to the Dutch in the first place. His moving analysis of Frans Hals is a case in point.
Should you be uninterested in Slive's text, however, the reproductions he has selected alone justify buying the book. I have not seen a more complete collection from this period available in a single volume.
20 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Broad, but uninspired
10 Dec 1999
Format:Paperback
Slive's book is a basic introduction to the art of the Northern Netherlands during the Baroque era. It covers a wide range of artists and genres, but fails to consider the wide interpretative issues of the art. When Slive does attempt interpretation, he tends to fall back on old-fashioned methods that have since been disproved by modern scholarship. The prose is boring and bland, but the book does feature many photos (although more of them could be in color). Overall, an introductory text that covers a lot of ground but has little depth.
very general, main text a let down
17 April 2012
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
As a general reader with a computer science background I can only give my personal review. I got the book today, it arrived from the states to Ireland slightly dog eared. I am a bit annoyed that Amazon could not do better with the packaging. As for the book its quite a big book with lots of pictures in colour and black and white. However after going through the main text for several hours I think the person who gave 5 stars to this book got it completely wrong. The text is quite general and although it covers a vast range of artists and genres, the text is not particularly thought provoking and I cant see how any reader will read all 327 pages. The book seems expensive and its generally aimed as a college course. I'm a bit disappointed and seriously could not recommend the book unless you want to flick through an expensive book looking at pictures. I would have to go with the 3 star ranking based on the number of paintings covered
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
