Book Reviews by Christopher D M Atkins
Review of Steven Nadler, “The Portraitist: Frans Hals and His World.”
Historians of Netherlandish Art Review of Books, 2023
Review of Ann Jensen Adams: Public Faces and Private Identities in Seventeenth-Century Holland
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Connoisseurship and a Connoisseur's Collection
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Dutch Art in a Global Age
The seventeenth century has long been considered a “golden age” for Dutch art, fueled by the Dutc... more The seventeenth century has long been considered a “golden age” for Dutch art, fueled by the Dutch Republic’s growth as an economic world power. Nourished by an innovative stock market and burgeoning global trade network, this vibrant economy not only provided artists with a rich context in which to make their art, but also directly influenced the art itself—in its subject matter, materials, meaning, and interpretation. The genre scenes and still lifes that today seem quintessentially Dutch actually project a global vision, and often address the positive and the negative of economic and global expansion.
Drawing on the world-renowned collection of Dutch paintings, works on paper, decorative arts, and illustrated books at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this book offers a fresh look at seventeenth-century Dutch art, accompanied by authoritative essays that ask readers to consider the global context in which this work was made.
Adriaen Brouwer. Master of Emotions, 2018
Adriaen Brouwer (Oudenaarde, ca. 1604-Antwerp, 1638) is one of the most creative and versatile ar... more Adriaen Brouwer (Oudenaarde, ca. 1604-Antwerp, 1638) is one of the most creative and versatile artists produced by the Low Countries in the 17th century. Even though his life was short, he left behind an impressive oeuvre, small in scale but of the very highest quality. In his own day, Brouwer was a phenomenon. He enjoyed the admiration of fellow artists and his work was avidly collected by them. Rubens owned no fewer than 17 paintings by Brouwer, while Rembrandt had six and a much greater number of drawings. Brouwer's popularity was further confirmed by the many copies and brouwerkens made of his panels, which began appearing during his own lifetime. Even so, in comparison with the more famous masters and great public favourites like Rubens and Rembrandt, Brouwer is still relatively unknown. It is this situation that the exhibition Adriaen Brouwer. Master of emotions hopes to change. For the first time, a large part of Brouwer's oeuvre is being brought together at a single location to give a wider audience an opportunity to discover his exquisite art. The fact that so many masterpieces from various public and private collections are being exhibited together -and, what's more, in Brouwer's native city -is unique.
Signature Style of Frans Hals. Painting, Subjectivity, and the Market in Early Modernity
Wrath of the Gods: masterpieces by Rubens, Michelangelo, and Titian
John G. Johnson Collection: A History and Selected Works
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Drawing on the world-renowned collection of Dutch paintings, works on paper, decorative arts, and illustrated books at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this book offers a fresh look at seventeenth-century Dutch art, accompanied by authoritative essays that ask readers to consider the global context in which this work was made.
Drawing on the world-renowned collection of Dutch paintings, works on paper, decorative arts, and illustrated books at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this book offers a fresh look at seventeenth-century Dutch art, accompanied by authoritative essays that ask readers to consider the global context in which this work was made.