Jacob Campo Weyerman And his Collection of Artists' Biographies : An Art Critic at Work.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Contents of the Levens-Beschryvingen -- 2 Weyerman's Opinions -- Chapter 1 Painted and Written Genre Scenes -- 1 Urban Genre -- 2 Low Life Genre -- 3 Italianate Scenes -- 4 Large-Scale Genre Paintings -- 5 Fine Painting -- Chapter 2 Failed Artists -- 1 Pretentions of Nobility -- 2 Social Skills -- 3 Marriage -- 4 Painterly Studios -- 5 Intemperance -- 6 Mental Problems -- 7 Art Dealers and Their Victims -- 8 Copying -- 9 Antwerp's Vrijdagsmarkt -- 10 Street Vendors and Itinerant Painters -- Chapter 3 Portraiture -- 1 London -- 2 The 'Byway' of Art -- 3 The Sitter's Identity -- 4 Good Manners, Flattery and Beauty -- 5 The Netherlands -- 6 Other Group Portraits -- Chapter 4 Art in the Public Space -- 1 Altarpieces -- 2 Stained Glass Windows -- 3 Wall Tapestries -- 4 Princely Commissions -- 5 Government Commissions -- 6 Municipal Commissions -- 7 Festive Entries -- 8 Private Commissions -- Chapter 5 Art Criticism -- 1 Choice of Subject Matter -- 2 Composition -- 3 Human Figures -- 4 Pictorial Space -- 5 Reddering -- 6 Colouring -- 7 Handling of the Brush -- 8 Welstand -- Chapter 6 Pliny, Durand and Weyerman -- 1 Weyerman's Ideas in Perspective -- 2 Beauty -- 3 Grace -- 4 Art and Nature -- 5 The Purpose of Art -- 6 Classification -- 7 Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 The Life of Willem de Fouchier -- Appendix 2 Uytbreyding over de schilderkonst der ouden -- Bibliography -- Indices -- Artists-Ancient -- Artists-Early Modern -- Topography.

Weyerman's art critical jargon and ideas on art theory are analysed in this study of his artists' biographies (1729). Weyerman pays much attention to the artists' lifestyle. They should live and think as merchants: a bohemian life style, he found, was pernicious.

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