Drawing and Dissent. Pictorial Notebook Culture and the Politics of Art in the Dutch Revolt KU Leuven
This project offers a new perspective on the political and emotional valence of art during the Dutch Revolt (1568-1648). At the center of this study is a neglected treasure-trove of Renaissance visual culture: the diary-notebooks of the Protestant polymath Paulus de Kempenaer (ca. 1554-1618) and the hundreds of unpublished drawings contained within. These pictorial self-narratives not only illuminate his inner life but also open up surprising ...