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Karel Van Mander: Interpretation of the Metamorphoses and Representation of Figures: First English Translation, with Introduction, Commentary, and Con

Karel Van Mander: Interpretation of the Metamorphoses and Representation of Figures: First English Translation, with Introduction, Commentary, and Con

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Series: Brill's Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual Histor, Book 95

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ISBN10: 9004776869
ISBN13: 9789004776869
Publisher: Brill
Pages: 960
Language: English
Is it possible to get so close to an author of more than 400 years ago that you can look over his shoulder, as it were, while he is at work? Yes, this is the case with Karel van Mander and two sections of his Schilder-Boeck (1604): the Interpretation of the Metamorphoses and Representation of Figures. Willem Lash's commentary reveals Van Mander's sources (including some very unexpected ones) and illustrates Van Mander's place in mythography. Mythology, Van Mander wants to make clear, is not so much a catalogue of vices, but rather an incitement to virtuous behavior. The Representation of Figures is above all a call to create allegories oneself based on the material provided.

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