Vermeer und Epikur: Lebenslust in der Kunst der Frühaufklärung (German Edition) [German]

by Andreas Prater

Vermeer van Delft is considered to be the most important painter of Dutch life in the so-called Golden Age. Many studies of his paintings have dealt with deciphering concealed connections and symbolic references. The research has up to now assumed that the philosophy of Spinoza and Descartes may have influenced the painter. Andreas Prater, in contrast, shows that and how particular maxims and sentences by Epicurus and his Latin successor Lucretius...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: German
• ISBN: 3110682893
• ISBN13: 9783110682892
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary