Picturing art history
Subtitle: the rise of the illustrated history of art in the eighteenth century
By: Ingrid R. Vermeulen
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9789089640314
Subjects: Historiography; Art; Modern Art; Reproduction; History
Description: This book "Picturing art history" traces the development of the history and use of art reproductions in the eighteenth century. Showing how reproductions ended up in art books and how in the eighteenth century learned men as Bottari, Winckelmann and d'Agincourt brought art history into the picture by collecting in art cabinets reproductions of drawings and prints. Which later became an essential dimension in the experience of art objects and the writing of art history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-340) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Unfulfilled projects to illustrate Vasari : Bottari, Corsini's print collection and the rise of art-historical illustration; title: The artistic past at a glance : Winckelmann, Cavaceppi's drawing collection and the short life of drawn art histories; title: The Histoire de l'art par les monuments : D'Agincourt, his reproduction collection and the birth of the illustrated survey; title: Conclusion.