{"product_id":"pleasure-and-piety-james-clifton-9780691166063","title":"Pleasure and Piety: The Art of Joachim Wtewael","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first major English-language survey of the artist's life and work\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA brilliant colorist and masterful storyteller, Dutch mannerist Joachim Wtewael (1566-1638) wielded a remarkably skilled brush and the technical ability to show it off in intricate compositions. He took inspiration from a wide range of biblical and mythological sources to create imaginative, often quite erotic scenes. While such pictures were prized in Wtewael's time, more recently they were hidden away--behind other paintings, in leather folders on bookshelves, and in the reserves of great museums. This richly illustrated volume brings together more than fifty of Wtewael's finest paintings and drawings, from a small jewel-like picture on copper depicting Mars and Venus to large-scale mannerist showpieces such as\u003ci\u003e The\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePerseus and Andromeda\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA pillar of the Utrecht community, Wtewael was engaged in business, religion, and politics as well as art. He adopted the exotic mannerist style, full of artifice and inventive manipulation, and continued to be fascinated by the challenge of creating sophisticated variations well into his maturity, when other Dutch artists had turned to naturalism. This book explores Wtewael's amazingly refined and detailed paintings and drawings, shedding light on his reputation, his life, and the conflicted times--marked by iconoclasm and strife--in which he thrived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Clifton, Liesbeth M. Helmus, Arthur K. Wheelock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691166064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691166063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.30h x 9.90w x 1.00d","brand":"James Clifton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46927752134911,"sku":"9780691166063","price":71.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d9d936cd-92ac-4ca9-a221-a793bcc023cc.jpg?v=1749372854","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pleasure-and-piety-james-clifton-9780691166063","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}