Envisioning the artist

Envisioning the Artist in the Early Modern Netherlands
Het beeld van de kunstenaar in de vroegmoderne Nederlanden

Het Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek (NKJ) wordt uitgegeven sinds 1947 en heeft in haar bestaan een gedegen en wereldwijd verbreide reputatie onder kunsthistorie in de Nederlandse kunst opgebouwd. Elk deel is gewijd aan een thema in de geschiedenis van de Nederlandse kunst en architectuur. NKJ 59 onderzoekt de representatie en het discours van de kunstenaar in het Nederland van de 15de tot aan de 17de eeuw.

The early modern period is defined, in part, by the emergence of the artist as a distinctive kind of human subject. This volume is concerned wit images and discourses of the artist in the Netherlands from the late 15th century until the mid 17th century, when the relationship between a community of craftsman and elite individuals, between consciousness of a native tradition and membership of international humanist society, between image and word, between hand, mind and spirit, were being actively negotiated. Discussions of architects, painter-poets and copyists critically engage with the Netherlandish artist’s identification with ail painting, which became ever-closer during this period. Contributions in which self-portraits, images of the studio and art literature are related tot the practices, behavior and economic lives of a range of practitioners, provide new insights into the artist not only as a producer but a figure produced by his work.