Daniel Arasse et la peinture hollandaise du xviie siècle

Whereas the socio-economic studies of Montias allowed the deconstruction of the Vermeer myth, Daniel Arasse’s research devoted to the Golden Age has made him go off in a different direction. Noting the fascination he felt for these paintings he sought to understand them quite as much as explain them...

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Main Author: Jan Blanc
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Language:fra
Published: Centre d´Histoire et Théorie des Arts 2006-09-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/imagesrevues/181
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description Whereas the socio-economic studies of Montias allowed the deconstruction of the Vermeer myth, Daniel Arasse’s research devoted to the Golden Age has made him go off in a different direction. Noting the fascination he felt for these paintings he sought to understand them quite as much as explain them. Through confronting the various methods used to study the “Sphinx of Delft’s” paintings Arasse has shown they did not cancel one another out but reinforced themselves mutually, so as to create an image of enhanced polysemy. Seeking to reconstitute Vermeer’s “ambition”, however, Arasse presents as axiomatic the unity of the artist’s work – a premise which, though not very convincing, lends weight to the romantic legend of the genius withdrawn in his splendid isolation – which paradoxically makes him the heir of Thoré Bürger and Fromentin rather than of 20th century historiography.
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Daniel Arasse et la peinture hollandaise du xviie siècle
Images Re-Vues
iconologie
spectateur
regard
Arasse (Daniel)
Metsu (Gabriel)
Vermeer (Johannes)
title Daniel Arasse et la peinture hollandaise du xviie siècle
title_full Daniel Arasse et la peinture hollandaise du xviie siècle
title_fullStr Daniel Arasse et la peinture hollandaise du xviie siècle
title_full_unstemmed Daniel Arasse et la peinture hollandaise du xviie siècle
title_short Daniel Arasse et la peinture hollandaise du xviie siècle
title_sort daniel arasse et la peinture hollandaise du xviie siecle
topic iconologie
spectateur
regard
Arasse (Daniel)
Metsu (Gabriel)
Vermeer (Johannes)
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