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Huysmans critico d’arte: la fortuna dei primitivi fiamminghi/Huysmans, an art critic. The fortune of the Flamish Primitives Painters.

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Title: Huysmans critico d’arte: la fortuna dei primitivi fiamminghi/Huysmans, an art critic. The fortune of the Flamish Primitives Painters.
Authors: Simone Ferrari
Source: Il Capitale Culturale: Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage, Vol 0, Iss 27, Pp 201-214 (2023)
Subject Terms: Arts in general, NX1-820, Auxiliary sciences of history
Publisher Information: eum edizioni università di macerata, 2023.
Publication Year: 2023
Collection: LCC:Arts in general
LCC:Auxiliary sciences of history
Description: Rileggendo gli scritti di Joris Karl Huysmans, autore poliedrico e assai sensibile al mondo dell’arte, l’articolo indaga i suoi interventi, numerosi quantitativamente e specifici qualitativamente, dedicati ai “primitivi” fiamminghi. Il tema dei “primitivi”, sia riguardo al mondo nordico sia in senso generale, è da tempo oggetto di ampio interesse storiografico. Ma Huysmans dimostra un’attenzione ed una qualità specifica assai precoce, in anticipo sul grande dibattito novecentesco, che esula da una generica rivisitazione letteraria, presente invece in altri autori e che fa di lui una moderna figura di critico d’arte, attento a problemi stilistici, attributivi e qualitativi. The paper focuses on Joris Karl Huysmans, the famous author and art critic and as is well know, passionate about Moreau and Redon. In addition to this interest, many pages of his novels are dedicated to a very interesting topic: the Flamish Primitives Painters. From a general point of view, their fortune over the centuries has been established from quite a long time. But Huysmans, unlike most writers, exhibits a specific competence and can be considered as a true art critic, focused on matter of style, quality and connoisseurship.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
Italian
ISSN: 2039-2362
01041231
Relation: http://riviste.unimc.it/index.php/cap-cult/article/view/3033; https://doaj.org/toc/2039-2362
DOI: 10.13138/2039-2362/3033
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/01041231d3194d3e8d266eac75601d1c
Accession Number: edsdoj.01041231d3194d3e8d266eac75601d1c
ISSN: 2039236201041231
DOI: 10.13138/2039-2362/3033
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals