Art, honor and success in the Dutch Republic : the life and career of Jacob van Loo /

Art, honor and success in the Dutch Republic : the life and career of Jacob van Loo /

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Author / Creator:Noorman, Judith, author.
Imprint:Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]
©2020
Description:224 pages, 88 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Loo, Jacob van, -- 1614-1670 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Loo, Jacob van, -- 1614-1670 -- Catalogs.
Loo, Jacob van, -- 1614-1670.
Artists -- Netherlands -- Biography.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12310315
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ISBN:946298798X
9789462987982
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:Focusing on the interrelationship between Jacob van Loo's art, honor, and career, this book argues that Van Loo's lifelong success and unblemished reputation were by no means incompatible, as art historians have long assumed, with his specialization in painting nudes and his conviction for manslaughter. Van Loo's iconographic specialty - the nude - allowed his clientele to present themselves as judges of beauty and display their mastery of decorum, while his portraiture perfectly expressed his clients' social and political ambitions. Van Loo's honor explains why his success lasted a lifetime, whereas that of Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and Vermeer did not. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book reinterprets the manslaughter case as a sign that Van Loo's elite patrons recognized him as a gentleman and highly-esteemed artist.

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