Erudite Eyes, Friendship, Art and Erudition in the Network of Abraham Ortelius
Publisher: Brill; BRILL
Published: Jul 20, 2017
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9789004341678
Description: 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 Eighty Years War. 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.
Notes: Source title: Erudite Eyes, Friendship, Art and Erudition in the Network of Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) (Studies in Netherlandish Art and Cultural History)