Filip Vermeylen Painting for the market

commercialization of art in Antwerp's Golden Age

This study examines the process of commercialization of art which took place in Antwerp during the long sixteenth century, an era of rapid expansion of both the city's economy and its art market. Focusing on painting and to some degree on other art forms such as sculpture and tapestry, the author surveys the various factors that contributed to this phenomenon: proto-industrial workshops engaged in standardized production of popular images, and the sophisticated commercial infrastructure that the...

Engels | 208 pagina's | Brepols, Turnhout | 2003

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