Phoebus Focus XXX: Susanna and the Elders - Katharina van Cauteren
#MeToo in the Time of Hendrick De Clerck (c. 1560-1630)
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Phoebus Focus XXX The Brussels painter Hendrick De Clerck ( c. 1560-1630) was a celebrated artist in his day. He worked regularly for the Archdukes Albert and Isabella and those in their European network. De Clerck and his workshop also painted hundreds of pictures for the rest of the great and the good in the Spanish Netherlands, including moralizing biblical episodes such as the painting of Susanna and the Elders that is the subject of this edition of Phoebus Focus . Susanna’s story has been represented in the visual arts since the early centuries of Christianity. But its greatest popularity comes in the sixteenth century. Under the safe umbrella of a moralizing life lesson, it provides the perfect excuse for a spot of titillating nudity. Although Hendrick De Clerck covers Susanna with elegant yet suggestive drapery, she still reveals all in this edition of Phoebus Focus . Katharina Van Cauteren (1981) heads the Chancellery of The Phoebus Foundation as Chief of Staff. She has a PhD in art histor...
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2023Uitgever: Hannibal BooksReeks: Phoebus Focus152 paginasTaal: NederlandsISBN-10: 946466634XISBN-13: 9789464666342Koop dit boek tweedehands
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The Brussels painter Hendrick De Clerck (c.1560-1630) was a celebrated artist in his day. He worked regularly for the Archdukes Albert and Isabella and those in their European network. De Clerck and his workshop also painted hundreds of pictures for the rest of the great and the good in the Spanish Netherlands, including moralizing biblical episodes such as the painting of Susanna and the Elders that is the subject of this edition of Phoebus Focus. Susanna?s story has been represented in the visual arts si...
