Body pose(d) : body posture in seventeenth-century Dutch male portraiture

This transdisciplinary doctoral project reassesses body posture in seventeenth-century Dutch male portraiture. By focusing on unusual postures, and opposing strong visual traditions with deviating patterns, Body Pose(d) explores the complex relationship between body poses and their decorous use, thereby addressing structural methodological problems in Art History: the definition of uniqueness and the establishment of meaning. The project is divided into three parts, each focusing on an unusual pose or a closely connected group of poses. The central case studies in the first part are Frans Hals... Mehr ...