Inspiration and Emulation

This book discusses an important theme in art history - artistic emulation that emphasizes the exchange between Flemish and Dutch art in the seventeenth century.

Autorentext

Toshiharu Nakamura (1955 2018) was Professor of Art History at Kyoto University. A specialist in seventeenth- century Dutch and Flemish painting, he published Peter Paul Rubens between Art and Politics (2006), and the exhibition catalogue, Rubens: Inspired by Italy and Established in Antwerp (2013). He was also the editor of Images of Familial Intimacy in Eastern and Western Art (2014).

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List of Color Plates and Figures Preface Rubens's Painting Practice: Some Considerations on his Collaboration with Specialists and his Relationship with Van Dyck as Workshop Assistant Rubens and Flower Still Life Paintings: Regarding Pausias and Glycera Rubens and the History of the Oil Sketch Rembrandt's Andromeda Rembrandt's The Blinding of Samson: A Work for Artistic Emulation with Rubens? How to Construct Better Narrative Compositions: Rembrandt's Probable Teaching Methods and Instruction Frans Hals's Painterly Style and his Tronie-like Genre Paintings: An Examination of the Influence of Flemish Head Studies Bibliography