Van Dyck: A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation

by Estelle May Hurll

VAN DYCK (ILLUSTRATED)
o Illustrated with 15 black and white images with a portrait of the painter
o Enhanced with a picture gallery of images in color
Enjoy and appreciate evocative descriptions of Van Dyck's greatest works. Estelle Hurll presents a collection of 15 pictures (in black and white) with a portrait of the painter. Included in this book is an Introduction and also an Interpretation of each work. Van Dyck, who lived between 1599-1641, served as a court painter in England. Most famous for portraits of Charles I, he was a Flemish Baroque Artist. His work, though centered upoon portrait painting, also focused upon biblical and mythological themes.
Black and white images in this book are: Portrait of Anna Wake, The Rest In Egypt, The So-called Portrait of Richardot and His Son, The Vision of Saint Anthony, Madame Andreas Colyns de Nole and Her Daughter, Daedalus and Icarus, Portrait of Charles I, The Madonna of Saint Rosalia, Charles Prince of Wales, Saint Martin Dividing His Cloak With A Beggar, The Crucifixion, James, Stuart, Duke of Lennox and Afterwards of Richmond, Christ and the Paralytic, Philip, Lord Wharton, The Lamentation Over Christ, and Portrait of Van Dyck.
Estelle Hurll wrote a collection of analyses of art, all of which can be found on Kindle, each with an additIonal picture gallery, and published by Amity EBooks. Those include: Child-Life in Art, Correggio, Greek Sculpture, Landseer, The Madonna, Michelangelo, Millet, Raphael, Rembrandt, Reynolds, Titian, Tuscan Sculpture, and Van Dyke.

Genres: Art

68 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 20, 2016

About the author

Estelle May Hurll (1863–1924), a student of aesthetics, wrote a series of popular aesthetic analyses of art in the early twentieth century.

Hurll was born 25 July 1863 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, daughter of Charles W. and Sarah Hurll. She attended Wellesley College, graduating in 1882. From 1884 to 1891 she taught ethics at Wellesley. Hurll received her A.M. from Wellesley in 1892. In earning her degree, Hurll wrote Wellesley's first master's thesis in philosophy under Mary Whiton Calkins; her thesis was titled "The Fundamental Reality of the Aesthetic." After earning her degree, Hurll engaged in a short career writing introductions and interpretations of art, but these activities ceased before she married John Chambers Hurll on 29 June 1908.

Reviews

[Pam · Rating 2 out of 5]

In the early part of the 20th century this author wrote a series of small books about famous artists. It might have been somewhat useful at the time. You can find at least some of the series on the internet at no cost.

I didn’t find it particularly enlightening. Encyclopedia Britanica would have more facts and what Hurll speculated on was just that, speculation. I don’t trust Hurll’s expertise at all. For instance, in discussing a portrait of a young English woman from a wealthy merchant family, Hurll points out rich dress and jewelry and the portrayal of sweetness of character—because? Another person could just say a blankish face and technical expertise with clothing and jewelry that show the woman’s wealth and class.

What made Van Dyck stand out? I don’t have any idea after reading this.