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Dutch Painting

Or, Expertise in artistic techniqueSt. Lawrence, 3/22/2016

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016Course Outline

The Netherlands

The 4 genres of Dutch painting

Vermeer

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Key Notions

-Genre painting-Merry company-Still life-Vanitas-Picturesque-Impasto

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Europe 17th Century

Source: 7

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Realism

Somber but sensual art

Symmetry

Art ‘galleries’

Landscapes, Genre scenes, and Still lifes

Word-stock

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Frans Hals, Regents of the St Elizabeth Hospital of Haarlem

1641, Oil on canvas, 153 x 252 cm, Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem

Source: 7 Portrait

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Esaias van de Velde, Merry Company Banqueting on a Terrace

c. 1615, Oil on canvas, 43 x 77 cm, Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Source: 7 Genre scene (Merry company )

Dutch Painting, St. Lawrence, 2016-03-22, BeaudoinSource: 7 Genre scene (Merry company )

Willem Pietersz BUYTEWECH, Merry Company, 1622-24

Dirck HALS, Merry Company at Table, 1627-29

Gerrit van HONTHORST, Merry Company, 1623

Anthonie ALAMEDESZ,

A Merry Company, 1632

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Gerrit van Honthorst, The Procuress1625, Oil on panel, 71 x 104 cm, Centraal Museum, Utrecht

Source: 7 Genre scene

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Gerrit van Honthorst, The Procuress1625, Oil on panel, 71 x 104 cm, Centraal Museum, Utrecht

Source: 7 Genre scene

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Jan van Goyen, Dunes1629, Oil on wood, Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Source: 7 Landscape

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Floris Claesz van Dijck, Laid Table with Cheeses and Fruit

c. 1615, Oil on panel, 82,2 x 111,2 cm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Source: 7 Still life

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Pieter Claesz, Vanitas Still Life1630, Oil on canvas, 39,5 x 56 cm, Mauritshuis, The Hague

Source: 7 Still life (vanitas)

Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675)

Or, Heightened realism

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The Little Street1657-58, Oil on canvas, 54,3 x 44 cm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Source: 7 Cityscape

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The Milkmaidc. 1658, Oil on canvas, 45,5 x 41 cm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Source: 5 Genre scene

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The Art of Painting1665-67, Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Source: 5

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Theme

Composition

Color

Light

Texture & Medium

Iconography

Source: 5

The Art of Painting

Theme:Allegory? Self-portrait?Genre Scene?

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Theme

Composition

Color

Light

Texture & Medium

Iconography

Source: 5

The Art of Painting

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Theme

Composition

Color

Light

Texture & Medium

Iconography

Source: 5

The Art of Painting

Dutch Painting, St. Lawrence, 2016-03-22, Beaudoin

Theme

Composition

Color

Light

Texture & Medium

Iconography

Source: 5

The Art of Painting

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Theme

Composition

Color

Light

Texture & Medium

Iconography

Source: 5

The Art of Painting

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Theme

Composition

Color

Light

Texture & Medium

Iconography

Source: 5

The Art of Painting

West

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Vermeer and use of the camera obscura?!

Source: 8

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Theme

Historical (allegory), Genre scene, Landscape Composition

‘Photographic’ Geometric structure

Light Use to model but also create atmosphere

Color Extended but somber palette (quiet, serene atmosphere)

Texture & Medium Oil paint, controlled impasto

Iconography Little use of symbols (save in allegories)

Novelties Complete mastery of effects of light Care of detail (especially in textures) Observation of reality is pushed to the limit

What makes a Vermeer a Vermeer

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Suggested readings

-Gombrich, The Story of Art, p. 315-329-Adams, Exploring the Humanities, p. 450-453-Cleaver, Art, an Introduction, p. -Davies, Janson’s Basic History of Western Art, p. 412-425-Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol. 4, p. 83-90 -Kleiner, Gardner’s Art through the Ages, p.

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Bibliography and Sources

1. Adams, Exploring the Humanities2. Cleaver, Art, an Introduction3. Davies, Janson’s Basic History of Western Art4. Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol. 45. Gombrich, The Story of Art6. Kleiner, Gardner’s Art through the Ages7. www.wga.hu8. www.wikipedia.com