Erudite Eyes

Friendship, Art and Erudition in the Network of Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598)
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-90-04-34167-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 251 mm, Gewicht: 1049 g

Reihe: Studies in Netherlandish Art and Cultural History

Erudite Eyes explores the network of the Antwerp cartographer Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), a veritable trading zone of art and erudition. Populated by such luminaries as Pieter Bruegel, Joris Hoefnagel, Justus Lipsius and Benedictus Arias Montanus, among others, this vibrant antiquarian culture yielded new knowledge about local antiquities and distant civilizations, and offered a framework for articulating art and artistic practice. These fruitful exchanges, undertaken in a spirit of friendship and collaboration, are all the more astonishing when seen against the backdrop of the ongoing wars. Based on a close reading of early modern letters, alba amicorum, printed books, manuscripts and artworks, this book situates Netherlandish art and culture between Bruegel and Rubens in a European perspective.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meganck, Tine Luk

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Historische Geographie

Über Autor(innen)

Tine Luk Meganck, Ph. D (2003), Princeton University, is Researcher at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, funded by the IAP City and Society of the Belgian Science Policy. She is the author of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Fall of the Rebel Angels. Art, Knowledge and Politics on the Eve of the Dutch Revolt (Silvana, 2014).