KONST-LIEVENDE MAN (expr.)

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Blijckt dan dat de rechte Konst-minne haer selven niet en kan onthouden in een ghemoedt 't welck met de sorghvuldigheydt van daghelickschen noodt-druft beslet ende belemmert is. De reden hier van behoeft niet verde gesocht te worden; dewijl het blijckelick is dat onse fantasije ofte verbeeldenskracht, die in dit werck seer vele vermagh, door een sorghledighe ende onverhinderde eensaemheydt dapper op gescherpt ende verweckt wordt. Want aenghesien het een oprecht Lief-hebber toe-staet de levendighe verbeeldinghen van allerley naturelicke dinghen in sijn ghemoedt op te leggen, ten eynde dat hy de selvighe te sijner tijdt met de wercken der Konstenaeren mocht verghelijcken; soo is 't klaer dat men sulcks niet en kan te weghe brenghen sonder het toe-doen van een stercke imaginatie, en dat de imaginatie gantsch en gaer krachteloos wesen sal soo langhe als wy alle daegh van den morghen tot den avond het loopen en draeven van de woelende menichte onder-hevigh blijven: oversulcks plachten oock vele treffelicke Konst-lievende mannen haeren ledigen tijdt somwijlen door te brenghen met het oeffenen ende verrijcken haerer fantasije. De fantasije, seght Michael Ephesius {in Aristot. De Memoria & reminiscentia}, is in ons gemoedt ghestelt als een Register ofte aenwijser van 't gunt wy oyt met onse ooghen gesien ofte met ons verstands begrepen hebben. Daerom houdt oock Apollonius Tyaneus staende, dat daer een sonderlinghe verbeeldenskracht vereyst wordt in dieghene welcke de wercken der Schilder-Konste recht wel meynen te besichtighen. Want het onmoghelick is, seght hy {apud Philostr. De vita apollonii lib. II. cap. 10. vide quo que Platonem lib. 2 de Legib}, dat yemant een bequaem oordeel strijcken sal van een geschildert Paerdt ofte Stier, tensy dat hem sijn gemoedt een waere verbeeldinghe der nae-gheboetster dinghen vaerdighlick voordraeghe.

[Suggested translation, Marije Osnabrugge:] It then appears that the true Love of Art cannot forbear in a mind which is tainted and obstructed with the precision of the daily lack of diligence. It is unnecessary to search far for the reason of this; while it is obvious that our fantasy or imagination, which can do a lot in this profession, is readily sharpened and incited by a carefree and unimpeded loneliness. Because, seen that it is possible for an honest Amateur to impose the living representations of all sorts of natural things in his mind, in order for him to compare these in his own time with the works of Artists; as such it is clear that one cannot bring forth such a thing without the doing of a strong imagination and that the imagination will be completely powerless as long as we remain subject every day, from morning until evening, to the hustle and bustle of the madding crowd: as such many respectable Art-loving men should aim to pass their free time with the practice and enrichment of their fantasy. The fantasy, says Michael Ephesius {…}, has been placed in our mind as an Index or pointer of that which we have ever seen with our eyes or understood with our mind. Because of this Apollonius Tyaneus also argues that, a remarkable imagination is necessary in those who want to study the works of the Art of Painting really well. As it is impossible, he says {…}, that someone will pass a competent judgement of a painted Horse or Bull, unless his mind readily proposes him a true representation of the imitated things.

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Staet ons onder en tusschen in dese woorden aen te mercken dat Plinius en andere oude autheuren den naem konstenaer niet alleen den genen toeschrijven die de hand selver aen 't werk slaen, maer dat sy onder dien naem ook sodaenighe Konstlievende mannen vervatten die met een seldsame en welgheoffende verbeeldenskracht d'uytnemende wercken van groote Meesters beschouwen, en met een onbedrieghelicke gauwigheyd den gheest die in dese wercken speelt uyt haere maniere van doen vaerdiglick onderscheyden.

[Suggested translation, Marije Osnabrugge:] By now we can remark that Plinius and other old authors do not only ascribe the name Artist to those who put their own hand to work, but that they include under that name such Art-loving men who behold the extraordinary works of the great Masters with rare and well-trained imagination, and with an unmistakable quickness skillfully recognize the spirit that plays in these works from their manner.

Junius explains that the antique authors – he gives Plinius as an example – defined both the producer and the amateur of art (‘konst-lievende man’) as ‘artist’. He ascribes the same qualities to these groups, such as imagination and an eye for art. [MO]

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Dient desen tot antwoord; dat lieden van redelicke middelen haere Konst-liefde seer wel oeffenen konnen, sonder daer door op groote kosten ghejaeght te worden; aenghesien de maghtighe en Rijcke lief-hebbers haere Konst-kamers ende Galerijen niet alleen tot haer eyghen vermaeck maer oock tot vermaeck van andere vercieren, achtende haere kosten welbestedet sijn allse haere Huysen door den daghenlickschen toeloop der Konst-lievers Krielen.

[Suggested translation, Marije Osnabrugge:] This serves as an answer; that persons of reasonable means can practice their Love of Art very well, without being put to great expenses; seen that the powerful and rich Amateurs do not only embellish their 'Kunst-kamers' and Galleries for their own entertainment, but also for the entertainment of others, regarding their expenses well spent when their Houses swarm by the daily flood of Art-lovers.

This section is not available in the first Latin edition of 1637, it is however included in the 1694 editions. [MO]

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