Silver, Larry, 1947-

Peasant scenes and landscapes the rise of pictorial genres in the Antwerp art market / [electronic resource] : Larry Silver. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2006. - xvii, 373 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-351) and index.

Introduction: "Cultural selection" and the origins of pictorial species. -- Antwerp as a cultural system. -- Town and country: painted worlds of early landscapes. -- Money matters. -- Kitchens and markets. -- Labor and leisure: the peasant. -- Second Bosch: family resemblance and the marketing of art. -- Descent from Bruegel I: from Flanders to Holland. -- Descent from Bruegel II: Flemish friends and family. -- Trickle-down genres: the "curious" cases of flowers and seascapes. -- Conclusions: Value and values in the capital of capitalism.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Genre painting, Flemish--Belgium--Antwerp--16th century.
Landscape painting, Flemish--Belgium--Antwerp--16th century.
Art--Economic aspects--History--Belgium--Antwerp--16th century.
Art and society--History--Belgium--Antwerp--16th century.


Electronic books.

ND1452.B42 / S57 2006

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