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Constantijn Huygens and The New World -- "Ut pictura, ita visio": Kepler's model of the eye and the nature of picturing in the North -- "With a sincere hand and a faithful eye": The craft of representation -- The mapping impulse in Dutch art -- Looking at words: the representation of texts in Dutch art -- Epilogue: Vermeer and Rembrandt -- Appendix: On the emblematic interpretation of Dutch art
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The Art of Describing, Svetlana Alpers
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- Released
- 1984
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- Title
- The Art of Describing
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Svetlana Alpers
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Released
- 1984
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 302
- ISBN10
- 0226015130
- ISBN13
- 9780226015132
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Historical Themes, Art, School, Art History & Criticism, History of Art
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- Constantijn Huygens and The New World -- "Ut pictura, ita visio": Kepler's model of the eye and the nature of picturing in the North -- "With a sincere hand and a faithful eye": The craft of representation -- The mapping impulse in Dutch art -- Looking at words: the representation of texts in Dutch art -- Epilogue: Vermeer and Rembrandt -- Appendix: On the emblematic interpretation of Dutch art