Seventeenth-century painting.

Cogniat, Raymond 1896-1977 (Author).

Record details

Physical Description: print
37 pages : 176 plates (some color) ; 20 cm.
Publisher: New York, Viking Press [1964]

Content descriptions

General Note:

Translation of De schilderkunst van de 17e eeuw.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Italy -- Caravaggio -- The Carraci -- Guido Reni, Guercino and Domenichino -- Spain -- Realism -- The influence of religion -- Still-life -- "Vanities" -- Portraits -- Zurbarán -- Velázquez -- Ribera -- Murillo -- Pacheco, de Herrera the Elder, Ribalta, Coello, and Mayno -- Flanders -- Rubens -- Rubens's studio -- The Netherlands -- Landscape painting -- Street scenes -- Interiors -- Still-life -- Portraits -- Frans Hals -- Rembrandt -- France -- The Académie -- Academism -- Portraiture -- The choice of subjects -- Italian influence -- Poussin -- Claude Lorrain, Blanchard, and Valentin -- Italian influence diminishes -- Historical painting -- Georges de la Tour -- Still-life -- Landscape painting: Claude Lorrain and Nicolas Poussin.