Émile Verhaeren: Essays on the Northern Renaissance: Rembrandt, Rubens, Grünewald and Others. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Albert Alhadeff PDF
Preview Émile Verhaeren: Essays on the Northern Renaissance: Rembrandt, Rubens, Grünewald and Others. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Albert Alhadeff
Émile Verhaeren: Essays on the Northern Renaissance BELGIAN FRANCOPHONE LIBRARY Donald Flanell Friedman General Editor Vol. 21 PETER LANG New York (cid:121) Washington, D.C./Baltimore (cid:121) Bern Frankfurt (cid:121) Berlin (cid:121) Brussels (cid:121) Vienna (cid:121) Oxford Émile Verhaeren: Essays on the Northern Renaissance Rembrandt, Rubens, Grünewald and Others Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Albert Alhadeff PETER LANG New York (cid:121) Washington, D.C./Baltimore (cid:121) Bern Frankfurt (cid:121) Berlin (cid:121) Brussels (cid:121) Vienna (cid:121) Oxford Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Verhaeren, Émile, 1855–1916, author. Émile Verhaeren: essays on the northern Renaissance: Rembrandt, Rubens, Grünewald and others / translated with an introduction and notes by Albert Alhadeff. pages cm — (Belgian francophone library; v. 21) Includes bibliographical references. 1. Painting, Renaissance—Europe, Northern. I. Alhadeff, Albert, translator, editor of compilation. II. Title. ND170.V47 759.9492—dc23 2012000540 ISBN 978-1-4331-0011-6 (hardcover) ISBN 978-1-4539-0868-6 (e-book) ISSN 1074-6757 Bibliographic information published by Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the “Deutsche Nationalbibliografie”; detailed bibliographic data is available on the Internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de/. La publication de cet ouvrage a été encouragée par une subvention accordée par la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles. Cover photo: Archives & Musée de la Littérature, fonds Verhaeren Author photo on back cover: Adam Milner The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council of Library Resources. © 2012 Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., New York 29 Broadway, 18th floor, New York, NY 10006 www.peterlang.com All rights reserved. Reprint or reproduction, even partially, in all forms such as microfilm, xerography, microfiche, microcard, and offset strictly prohibited. Printed in Germany For Colin Eisler, who first led me to Verhaeren and awakened my love for the arts of the Northern Renaissance. Contents Acknowledgments ix IntroductIon 1 PArt 1 Rembrandt 55 from Rembrandt (Paris: Henri Laurens, 1904) Netherlandish Art 93 from the Journal des Beaux-Arts et de la Littérature, May 1882 PArt 2 Rubens 105 from Pierre-Paul Rubens (Brussels: Librairie Nouvelle d’Art et d’Histoire), 1910 Rubens and His World 121 from “Exposition de Bruxelles: Hommage aux Peintres,” Le Siècle de Rubens (Brussels: Ém. Rossel, 1910) Van der Meer 123 from L’Art moderne, 4 October 1891 PArt 3 Grünewald 129 from La Société nouvelle, December 1894 The German Gothic 149 from L‘Art moderne, 15 August, 1886 PArt 4 Flemish Painting 155 from the Revue encyclopédique, 24 July, 1897 Hans Memling 165 from Le Monde moderne, July 1899 Pieter Bruegel: Flemish Life 173 from Les Annales, 15 December 1913, 50-60 Acknowledgments An Acknowledgment page is amongst the most courteous and necessary exercises in an academic publication. It fortunately allows me to thank the many people who have allowed this project to come into being. Foremost, I must thank my editor, Donald Friedman, who through the years has unfailingly been a source of encour- agement; if ever I lost courage in the translation, Donald was forever there, his sup- port unflagging, ready to praise and encourage, giving me the wherewithal to keep on with the work, no matter how difficult it seemed at the time—and to translate Verhaeren’s evocative prose is and has always been a challenge. With Donald Fried- man, I also must thank the many people at Peter Lang Publishing, especially Jackie Pavlovic, for kindly accepting my interminable delays with the final manuscript. I also need to thank the University of Colorado’s Interlibrary Loan staff, without whose patience and expertise I could not have completed the research necessary for the introduction to my text. Rembrandt scholars have also come into play, especially Paul Crenshaw, whose encouragement and kind words are deeply appreciated. I also need to thank editors who have read my text, namely David Joel, Max Boersma, Chuck Scillia and Amber Teng. Otherwise, my very special thanks to a friend and working colleague, Adam Milner, whose organizational skills, as well as his expertise in the formatting and typesetting of the manuscript has proved to be invaluable and has rendered the final product as attractive as it is. Finally, I must thank my wife You- Jeong Cha for taking care of our two young children, Saan and Joya, while I spent long hours in the library and in my office. Thank you all so very much.
The list of books you might like
