Portraits from an important Belgian collection, most of which have never before been published
• Published to accompany the exhibition Blind Date at Snijders&Rockoxhuis, Antwerp, Beligum, Autumn 2020
Men in stately black, women with huge ruffs, children with golden rattles, old women with wizened faces, and self-satisfied artists... These are the main players in just about every portrait ever painted in the Southern Netherlands. From the15th to the 17th centuries, the tract of land that we today call Flanders was the economic, cultural, intellectual and financial heart of Europe. And money flows - with everyone who could afford it investing in a portrait.
Today, these cherished status symbols of the past have largely lost their original significance. But beyond their functional and emotional aspects, these portraits turn their subjects into gateways to the past. This book takes masterpieces from the collection of The Phoebus Foundation and outlines the broad context in which they came into being, peeling back levels of meaning like the layers of an onion. Whether captured in an impressive Rubens or Van Dyck, or an intimate portrait by a forgotten artist, the persons portrayed were once flesh and blood, each with their own peculiarities, hidden agendas and ambitions. Some portraits are very personal and hyper-individual. Others are a little dusty, the ladies and gentleman being children of their time. In most cases, however, their dreams and aspirations are surprisingly timeless and soberingly recognizable.
The Bold and the Beautiful is an appointment with history: a meeting through portraiture with men and women from bygone centuries. But for those willing to look closely, the border between the present and the past is paper-thin.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Blind Date. Portretten met blikken en blozen, Autumn 2020, in Snijders&Rockoxhuis Antwerp, curated by Dr. Katharina Van Cauteren & Hildegard Van de Velde with a scenography by Walter Van Beirendonck.
这些肖像画来自一个重要的比利时收藏,其中大部分以前从未出版过。•为了配合在斯奈德斯 & 罗科休斯,安特卫普,贝利根,2020年秋季相亲展出,出版了这些肖像画。男人们身着庄重的黑衣,女人们戴着大大的帽子,孩子们戴着金色的耳环,老妇们面容憔悴,还有自我满足的艺术家们... ... 这些几乎是荷兰南部所有肖像画的主要参与者。从15世纪到17世纪,这片我们今天称之为法兰德斯的土地,是欧洲的经济,文化,知识和金融中心。今天,这些过去珍贵的地位象征,已经基本上失去了它们原有的意义。但除了功能和情感方面,这些肖像画将主题变成了通往过去的大门。这本书从菲比斯基金会的收藏中选取杰作,概括了它们形成的大背景,像剥洋葱一样剥开意义的层次。无论是在一幅令人印象深刻的鲁本斯或范戴克的作品中,还是一位被遗忘的艺术家的亲密肖像中,被描绘的人物都曾经是血肉之躯,每个人都有自己的特点,隐藏的目的和野心。有些肖像非常个人化,非常独特。其他的有点脏,女士和先生是他们那个时代的孩子。然而,在大多数情况下,他们的梦想和抱负是惊人的永恒和清醒的认识。大胆和美丽是历史的约定: 通过与过去几个世纪的男人和女人的肖像画相遇。但对于那些愿意仔细观察的人来说,现在和过去之间的界限就像纸一样薄。在展览会相亲时出版的。Portretten met blicken blozen,autumn 2020,in snijders & rockoxhuis antwerp,策展人是 katharina van cauteren & hildegard van de velde 博士,舞台美术是 walter van beirendonck。 基本信息 出版社 : Cannibal Publishing (2020年6月30日) 语言 : 英语 精装 : 400页 ISBN-10 : 9463887407 ISBN-13 : 978-9463887403 商品重量 : 2.58 kilograms 尺寸 : 25.88 x 4.14 x 29.74 cm
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