The Rhetoric Of Perspective: Realism And Illusionism In Seventeenth-century Dutch Still-life Painting - Rilegato

Grootenboer, Hanneke

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ISBN 10: 0226309681 ISBN 13: 9780226309682

Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 2005

Riassunto

Perspective determines how we, as viewers, perceive painting. We can convince ourselves that a painting of a bowl of fruit or a man in a room appears to be real by the way these objects are rendered. Likewise, the trick of perspective can prevent us from being absorbed in a scene. Connecting contemporary critical theory with close readings of seventeenth-century Dutch visual culture, The Rhetoric of Perspective puts forth the claim that painting is a form of thinking and that perspective functions as the language of the image.

Aided by a stunning full-color gallery, Hanneke Grootenboer proposes a new theory of perspective based on the phenomenological aspects of non-narrative still-life, trompe l'oeil, and anamorphic imagery. Drawing on playful and mesmerizing baroque images, Grootenboer characterizes what she calls their "sophisticated deceit," asserting that painting is more about visual representation than about its supposed objects.

Offering an original theory of perspective's impact on pictorial representation, the act of looking, and the understanding of truth in painting, Grootenboer shows how these paintings both question the status of representation and explore the limits and credibility of perception.

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L'autore:

Hanneke Grootenboer is lecturer in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University.

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GROOTENBOER, H. THE RHETORIC OF PERSPECTIVE. REALISM AND ILLUSIONISM IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY DUTCH STILL-LIFE PAINTING. CHICAGO, IL, 2005, xiii 231 p.,figuras. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

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• Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0226309681
• ISBN 13: 9780226309682
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 207