Body and Embodiment: In Dutch Expressive Arts 1450-1700

This book in the "Dutch Art Historical Year Book" series covers the body and embodiment in Dutch visual art from 1450-1700. Portrayals of the body as we come across them in paintings, drawings and sculpture of the period are explored from recent art and cultural history perspectives in a succession of informative chapters. Among the themes looked at are: the iconology of the noli me tangere, the ideal soldier in Jacques de Gheyn´s Wapenhandelinghe, the painted skin in art theory, Jan Gossaert´s epitomisation of the Maecenas, the secrets of the dummy, the female nude as Ruben´s trademark, Rembrandt and the body language of Mughal miniatures and Frederick Ruysch between anatomy and art.