The Book of Art [Volume 3]: Flemish and Dutch Art

FLEMISH AND DUTCH ART CONTAINS OVER ONE HUNDRED BIOGRAPHIES. THROUGHOUT THE VOLUME ARE BLACK AND WHITE REPRODUCTIONS AS WELL AS MORE THAN EIGHTY IN FULL COLOR. AN EXTENSIVE INDEX IS ALSO INCLUDED. FLEMISH AND DUTCH ART BRINGS TO MIND MANY VISIONS - JAN VAN EYCK AND HIS ARISTOCRATIC ENVIRONMENT; RUBENS, REMBRANDT, AND HANS MEMLING. IT EVOKES VISIONOS OF STILL-LIFE STUDIES AND KITCHEN SCENS, DIGNIFIED FAMILY GROUPS AND BROWN-GREEN LANDSCAPES. HOWEVER, PRIMARILY THE ART OF PAINTING, IS ALSO WELL REPRESENTED IN THE FIELDS OF SCULPTURE AND DRAWING. MANY WELL-KNOWN NAMES ARE ALLSOCIATED WITH FLEMISH AND DUTCH ART: CLAUS SLUTER WAS A DOMINANT FIGURE IN SCULPTURE; JAN VAN EYCK RAISED THE TECHNIQUE OF OIL PAINTING TO PERFECTION; THE PAINTINGS OF VINCENT VAN GOGH WERE AS WIDELY INFLUENTIAL AS ANY PRODUCED IN HIS GENERATION; REMBRANDT VAN RYN WAS A GREAT ARTIST OF IMMENSE HUMANITY.