03/11/2016. Dutch Painting. Thursday, November 3, 2016 Course Outline. The Netherlands. The 4 genres of Dutch painting. Vermeer

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1 Dutch Painting Or, Expertise in artistic technique St. Lawrence, 11/3/2016 Thursday, November 3, 2016 Course Outline The Netherlands The 4 genres of Dutch painting Vermeer 1

2 Caravaggio s Incredulity 1616 Shakespeare dies 1633 Galileo forced to recant 1637 Descartes Discours de la Méthode 1641 Hall s Regents 1648 Independence of Dutch Rep Vermeer s Art of Painting 1698 Steam engine invented 03/11/2016 Key Notions -Genre painting -Merry company -Still life -Vanitas -Picturesque -Impasto Timeline 2

3 Europe 17 th Century Word-stock Realism Somber but sensual art Symmetry Art galleries Landscapes, Genre scenes, and Still lifes 3

4 Frans Hals, Regents of the St Elizabeth Hospital of Haarlem 1641, Oil on canvas, 153 x 252 cm, Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem Portrait Esaias van de Velde, Merry Company Banqueting on a Terrace c. 1615, Oil on canvas, 43 x 77 cm, Staatliche Museen, Berlin Genre scene (Merry company ) Willem Pietersz BUYTEWECH, Merry Company, Dirck HALS, Merry Company at Table, Anthonie ALAMEDESZ, A Merry Company, 1632 Gerrit van HONTHORST, Merry Company, 1623 Genre scene (Merry company ) 4

5 Gerrit van Honthorst, The Concert , Oil on canvas, 168 x 202 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome Genre scene Gerrit van Honthorst, The Procuress 1625, Oil on panel, 71 x 104 cm, Centraal Museum, Utrecht Genre scene Gerrit van Honthorst, The Procuress 1625, Oil on panel, 71 x 104 cm, Centraal Museum, Utrecht Genre scene 5

6 Jan van Goyen, Dunes 1629, Oil on wood, Staatliche Museen, Berlin Landscape Floris Claesz van Dijck, Laid Table with Cheeses and Fruit c. 1615, Oil on panel, 82,2 x 111,2 cm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Still life Pieter Claesz, Vanitas Still Life 1630, Oil on canvas, 39,5 x 56 cm, Mauritshuis, The Hague Still life (vanitas) 6

7 Johannes Vermeer ( ) Or, Heightened realism The Little Street , Oil on canvas, 54,3 x 44 cm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Cityscape The Milkmaid c. 1658, Oil on canvas, 45,5 x 41 cm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Genre scene 7

8 , Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna :Allegory? Self-portrait? Genre Scene? 8

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10 West Vermeer and use of the camera obscura?! Source: 8 What makes a Vermeer a Vermeer Historical (allegory), Genre scene, Landscape Photographic Geometric structure Use to model but also create atmosphere Extended but somber palette (quiet, serene atmosphere) Oil paint, controlled impasto 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 10

11 Suggested readings -Gombrich, The Story of Art, p Adams, Exploring the Humanities, p Cleaver, Art, an Introduction, p. -Davies, Janson s Basic History of Western Art, p Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol. 4, p Kleiner, Gardner s Art through the Ages, p. Bibliography and Sources 1. Adams, Exploring the Humanities 2. Cleaver, Art, an Introduction 3. Davies, Janson s Basic History of Western Art 4. Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol Gombrich, The Story of Art 6. Kleiner, Gardner s Art through the Ages