The Eye of the Connoisseur

The Eye of the Connoisseur
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Publisher : J Paul Getty Museum Publications
Total Pages : 349
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ISBN-10 : 1606060848
ISBN-13 : 9781606060841
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Book Synopsis The Eye of the Connoisseur by : Anna Tummers

Download or read book The Eye of the Connoisseur written by Anna Tummers and published by J Paul Getty Museum Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attributing old master paintings is one of the most difficult tasks of the art historian. While authorship has important implications for the field of art history and for valuation, little has been written on the theory and techniques of the connoisseur's work. This volume analyzes the role of the expert's intuition along with efforts to develop scientific techniques. The author focuses on the challenges of attributing seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish art, then turns to investigating connoisseurship, arguing that to evaluate authenticity, it is necessary to understand what it meant when the paintings were created. Further discussions probe the understanding of an “original” versus a “copy” at a time when painters routinely produced multiple versions of a work; the meaning of “by the master's hand” when paintings were often produced with the help of assistants; and the significance of style when artists intentionally varied theirs depending on the subject matter or the audience.


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