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A fresh, insightful analysis of Hieronymus Bosch, painter of the eerie and infernal.

Die Niederlande des 17. Jahrhunderts waren Einwanderungsgebiet für deutsche Künstler. Der hohe Standard der Bildproduktion, ikonographische Innovationen und der vitale Kunstmarkt bildeten attraktive Anziehungspunkte. Doch auch niederländische Maler überschritten die Grenze in entgegengesetzter Richtung und arbeiteten in deutschen Städten. Der Tagungsband beleuchtet die Facetten des fruchtbringenden, wechselseitigen Austauschs. Er differenziert dabei die vorherrschende Vorstellung von den Niederlanden als Kunstland und dem Deutschen Reich als kunstarmes Land. Zur Analyse stehen Gemälde, die als Kulturgüter über die Landesgrenzen gelangten und Künstler, die in niederländischen und deutschen Orten arbeiteten. So werden ihre Arbeitsbedingungen, die Auftragslage und Kriterien einer gelungenen Integration beleuchtet. Darüber hinaus stehen ikonographische Gattungen zur Diskussion und Kunstwerke, die mittels des mündlichen Berichts und des geschriebenen Wortes die Grenzen überschritten und einen überregionalen Ruhm erlangten. Der Tagungsband nimmt unterschiedliche Blickwinkel ein und untersucht erstmals innerhalb eines geschlossenes Buches Aspekte der Kunst- und Kunsttheorie sowie der Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte.

An original, splendidly illustrated history of gardens as seen through the eyes of painters by the highly acclaimed author of Landscape A History.The creation of gardens was among the first achievements of early civilizations, and garden design was already highly developed in antiquity. Pictures of gardens are a reflection of the social, historical, and aesthetic context in which gardens were conceived. The focus of this captivating book is not the gardens themselves or the different concepts of the garden, but rather the representation of gardens in paintings. The author examines why artists paint gardens by covering the varied and lively 2,000-year history of the garden picture using 180 garden masterpieces as examples.The text begins with a look at ancient Rome, when paintings of gardens, as found in villas in Pompeii, were already valued as works of art. The wide-ranging coverage also includes pictures of charming medieval gardens in books of hours; Botticelli’s masterwork La Primavera , set in a grove of orange trees; views of well-known historic gardens, such as those at Versailles; painter’s gardens, as for example, Monet’s Giverny; and modern gardens depicted by Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol, and David Hockney, among others. For collectors of art history books and garden books, this lovely volume should appeal to a broad audience.

"In this treasury of Western art, distinguished art historian Nils Buttner has chosen paintings that not only feature purely natural vistas but also show dramatic scenics with people and architecture. His wide-ranging selection of paintings in this genre consists mainly of well-known works, but he also introduces a number of seldom-reproduced pictures." "The paintings are presented chronologically and by country beginning with the heritage from the ancient world, as the ideals that developed then were emulated for centuries."--BOOK JACKET.