{"product_id":"9781118465257","title":"The Erotics of Looking Early Modern Netherlandish Art","description":"\u003ch3\u003eArt History Special Issues\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Erotics of Looking\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEarly Modern Netherlandish Art\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAngela Vanhaelen | Bronwen Wilson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt \/ History \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Erotics of Looking: Early Modern Netherlandish Art\u003c\/i\u003e presents a collection of provocative essays that explore the material qualities of early Dutch art to reveal ways new forms of visual imagery solicit a beholder’s involvement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores how descriptive pictures during the early modern Dutch art period operated as social things and were designed to pleasurably engage the eye and prompt discussion and debate\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how these works potentially raised ethical and political questions about the interconnectedness of engaging with pictures and the material world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRepresents a major contribution to the field of early modern Netherlandish art and to general debates about the status and functions of descriptive art\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures essays addressing a variety of aspects of the field, from the historiography of Dutch art to closely attentive readings of particular works\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCrafts an original theoretical framework by applying recent insights about the making of early modern publics and the study of material things to the analysis of Netherlandish art\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngela Vanhaelen \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Wake of Iconoclasm: Painting the Church in the Dutch Republic \u003c\/i\u003e(2012).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBronwen Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Head of World Art Studies and Museology at the University of East Anglia. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eThe World in Venice: Print, the City, and Early Modern Identity \u003c\/i\u003e(2005).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 July 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118465257\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27.52\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310796370060,"sku":"9781118465257","price":36.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118465257.jpg?v=1780143242","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781118465257","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}