The chronological and geographical limitations of this explorationof the terms and notions were justified by the growing importance,in both number and diversity, of the publications on art in NorthernEurope from 1600 onwards, and more particularly from 1604, the yearof publication of Karel Van Mander’sHet Schilder-Boeckuntil 1750,a moreflexible date depending on the countries studied. This da…