Images for the eye and soul
Subtitle: function and meaning in Netherlandish prints (1450-1650)
By: Ilja M. Veldman ; [translation, Michael Hoyle].
Publisher: Primavera Pers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9789059970373
Subjects: Prints, Dutch -- 15th century.; Engraving -- Netherlands -- 16th century.; Engraving -- Netherlands -- 15th century.; Engraving -- Netherlands -- 17th century.; Prints, Dutch -- 17th century.; Prints, Dutch -- 16th century.; Prints -- Themes, motives.
Notes: Collection of essays, some previously published.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-304).
Table of contents: value: From indulgence to collector's item : functions of printmaking in the Netherlands; value: 'Eloquent inventions' : Maarten van Heemskerck inspired by Dirck Volkertsz. Coornhert; value: Convictions and polemics : Protestant imagery in the 16th century; value: The Old Testament as a moral code; value: Lessons for ladies; value: Images of diligence and labour : the secularization of the work ethic; value: From allegory to genre; value: The portrayal of universities and student life; value: Homer as a hymn to virtue; value: Views of a printmaker : Crispijn de Passe on his craft; value: The business of prints and the De Passes' publishing house.