Dutch Painting In The Seventeenth Century

Surveys the golden age of Dutch painting in the 17th century. This edition has been updated, providing readers with an account of the historical and social context of the period, the development of Dutch art from its Mannerist phase to its more academic style at the end of the century.

Madlyn Millner Kahr

* Preface to the Second Edition * Introduction: The Humanization of Art * The Birth of a Nation * Dutch Culture and Art * Utrecht: From Mannerism to Caravaggism * Haarlem: Strides Toward Naturalism * Frans Hals and the Portrait Tradition * Rembrandt * The Rembrandt School * Scenes of Social Life * Still-Life * Landscape and Seascape * Architectural Subjects: Church Interiors and Town Views * Vermeer and the Delft School * Epilogue: The End of the Golden Age