Public faces and private identities in seventeenth-century Holland : portraiture and the production of community /

Ann Jensen Adams examines four Dutch portrait genres of the 17th century in relation to inherited visual traditions, contemporary art theory, changing cultural beliefs about the body, about sight, and the image itself, as well as to current events.Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-374) and index.Cultural power of portraits : the market, interpersonal experience and subjectivity -- Portraits of individuals : physiognomy, demeanor, and the representation of character -- Family portraits : the private sphere and the social order -- The history portrait : comprehending self through historical narrative -- Civic guard portraits : personal friendships and the public sphere -- Portraits and the production of identity : transitional objects and potential spaces.Ann Jensen Adams examines four Dutch portrait genres of the 17th century in relation to inherited visual traditions, contemporary art theory, changing cultural beliefs about the body, about sight, and the image itself, as well as to current events