Artifice and Illusion

Artifice and Illusion
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 466
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ISBN-10 : 0226077853
ISBN-13 : 9780226077857
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Book Synopsis Artifice and Illusion by : Celeste Brusati

Download or read book Artifice and Illusion written by Celeste Brusati and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1995-11 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samuel van Hoogstraten is familiar to scholars of Dutch art as a talented pupil and early critic of Rembrandt, and as the author of a major Dutch painting treatise. In this book, Celeste Brusati looks at the art, writing, and career of this multifaceted artist. A rich appreciation of one of the most often cited but least understood figures in seventeenth-century Dutch art, this book will interest scholars and students of art history, social history, and visual culture.


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