- Hardcover: 156 pages
- Publisher: Bucknell Univ Pr; illustrated edition edition (April 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0838755380
- ISBN-13: 978-0838755389
- Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 21.2 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 798 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,171,555 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A lively, authoritative, and intelligent interdisciiplinary study of how knowledge is processed visually and articulated verbally...highly recommended." -- Golahny, Amy Huerta's book is "beautiful" and his argument quite "convincing." -- Kees Zandvliet Director, Department Of Dutch History, Rijksmuseum "an informed and inventive synthesis [...] a superb summary and introduction to [a] borderline area of art and science during the Scientific Revolution." -- David Topper
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Bucknell University Press congratulates Mr. Huerta on Giants of Delft's selection as one of six finalists considered for the prestigious 2004 Mitchell Prize for Art History. The Mitchell Prize of $10,000 is awarded biannually for a book in the English language which has made a major contribution to the history of art. Administered by the Burlington Magazine in London, Giants of Delft was among 180 nominations from around the world, from a variety of presses, including Yale University, Cambridge University, Princeton, MIT, and the University of California. In this interdisciplinary study drawing on the history of art and the history of science, Robert D. Huerta explores the conceptual intersections in the work of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer and the microscopist Antony van Leeuwenhock, within the broader relationships between painting and science during the seventeenth century. In a widely researched and deeply considered book, Huerta argues that Vermeer's use of the camera obscura and other instrumental adjuncts paralells van Leeuwenhoek's pursuit of the "optical way," and embodies a profound philosophical connection between these investigators. Analyzing Vermeer's work, Huerta shows that the artist's choices were the result of his personal response to contemporary scientific discoveries, and the work of men such as van Leeuwenhoek, Christiaan Huygens, and Galileo Galilei. Furthermore, Huerta compares Vermeer's program of informed observation to the methods used by van Leeuwenhoek and other scientists to accumulate and analyze instrument-mediated knowledge. This approach enabled Vermeer to confront the same issues as natural Philosophers regarding the interpretation of unfamiliar images presented by instrumental systems. Giants of Delft, Johannes Vermeer and the Natural Philosophers: The Parallel Search for Knowledge during the Age of Discovery is a timely and original contribution to the history of perspective and the knowledge of early-modern culture and science.
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The range of Vermeer's genius-encompassing scientific and philosophical investigation, pictorial and painterly virtuosity, musical, philosophical, and literary allusions-was enormous. This is but one of the reasons that those who believe Vermeer did not make extensive use of such devices as the camera obscura are not even wrong. Such arguments entirely miss the point of Vermeer's complexity. Robert Huerta's book should inspire an appreciation of Vermeer in the context of the natural science of his time and "more [as he says] in the tradition of a Durer, a Velazquez, or even a Leonardo...." Huerta's bibliography is extensive, his research exhaustive, and his conclusions are always supported with substantial evidence. Even when he conjectures, he does so in an informed way. Note especially the link he makes with Vermeer's "The Astronomer" and Raphael's "Urania, Prime Mover" at the Vatican. This book will reward those who have both a working knowlege of Vermeer and an appreciation of the history of science as well as an understanding of scientific methodology. It is an exciting addition to literature about Vermeer and builds upon the insights of Gowing and Steadman as those insights have helped to explain Vermeer's expressive "optical way."
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This review is from: Giants of Delft: Johannes Vermeer and the Natural Philosophers : The Parallel Search for Knowledge During the Age of Discovery (Hardcover)
The range of Vermeer's genius-encompassing scientific and philosophical investigation, pictorial and painterly virtuosity, musical, philosophical, and literary allusions-was enormous. This is but one of the reasons that those who believe Vermeer did not make extensive use of such devices as the camera obscura are not even wrong. Such arguments entirely miss the point of Vermeer's complexity. Robert Huerta's book should inspire an appreciation of Vermeer in the context of the natural science of his time and "more [as he says] in the tradition of a Durer, a Velazquez, or even a Leonardo...." Huerta's bibliography is extensive, his research exhaustive, and his conclusions are always supported with substantial evidence. Even when he conjectures, he does so in an informed way. Note especially the link he makes with Vermeer's "The Astronomer" and Raphael's "Urania, Prime Mover" at the Vatican. This book will reward those who have both a working knowlege of Vermeer and an appreciation of the history of science as well as an understanding of scientific methodology. It is an exciting addition to literature about Vermeer and builds upon the insights of Gowing and Steadman as those insights have helped to explain Vermeer's expressive "optical way." |
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