Artifice and Illusion: The Art and Writing of Samuel Van Hoogstraten

by Celeste Brusati

Samuel van Hoogstraten is familiar to scholars of Dutch art as a talented pupil and early critic of Rembrandt, and as the author of a major Dutch painting treatise. In this book, Celeste Brusati looks at the art, writing, and career of this multi-faceted artist.

Analyzing van Hoogstraten's painting treatise, illusionistic pictures, ingenious perspective boxes, and witty trompe-l'oeil images, Brusati reveals the crucial role these endeavors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226077853
• ISBN13: 9780226077857
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 9.7"