Dutch Golden Age paintings and painters (for Dutch learners)
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2019 2:43 pm
I propose a exposition and discussion (in English and Dutch) of the paintings and painters of the Dutch Golden Age.
Ik stel een expositie en discussie voor (in het Engels en het Nederlands) over de schilderijen en schilders uit de Gouden Eeuw.
A very good basis for this are the English and Dutch Wikipedia pages from which we can quote and post images, giving credit to Wikipedia. Of course, we can branch out as we wish, but lets be very careful about the use of copyright material.
The following paragraphs are from the English Wikipedia article on Dutch Golden Age painting:
Dutch Golden Age painting is the painting of the Dutch Golden Age, a period in Dutch history roughly spanning the 17th century, during and after the later part of the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) for Dutch independence.
The new Dutch Republic was the most prosperous nation in Europe and led European trade, science, and art. The northern Netherlandish provinces that made up the new state had traditionally been less important artistic centres than cities in Flanders in the south. The upheavals and large-scale transfers of population of the war, and the sharp break with the old monarchist and Catholic cultural traditions, meant that Dutch art had to reinvent itself. The painting of religious subjects declined sharply, but a large new market for all kinds of secular subjects grew up.
Although Dutch painting of the Golden Age is included in the general European period of Baroque painting, and often shows many of its characteristics, most lacks the idealization and love of splendour typical of much Baroque work, including that of neighbouring Flanders. Most work, including that for which the period is best known, reflects the traditions of detailed realism inherited from Early Netherlandish painting.
De volgende paragrafen komen uit het artikel op Wikipedia over Nederlandse schilderkunst in de Gouden Eeuw:
De Nederlandse schilderkunst kwam in de Gouden Eeuw, goeddeels samenvallend met de 17e eeuw, tot grote bloei. De vraag naar schilderijen nam enorm toe en kunstschilders moesten zich van elkaar zien te onderscheiden. Dit leidde tot een grote artistieke dynamiek en een eigen stijlontwikkeling. De dominante richting sloot aan bij Italiaans gewortelde stromingen als de barok en het caravaggisme, maar neigde allengs onder invloed van het calvinisme meer naar een ingetogen realisme. Deze schilderwijze zou als uiteindelijk typisch "Hollands" worden bestempeld. Parallel daaraan waren ook het classicisme en het maniërisme van invloed.
Thematisch kwam de bloei in de 17e-eeuwse Nederlandse schilderkunst tot uiting in vrijwel alle genres. Historische en Bijbelse taferelen, vaak allegorisch uitgewerkt, portretten (zowel individuele als groepsportretten), huiselijke taferelen, interieurs, landschappen, stadsgezichten, zeegezichten en stillevens: vrijwel elk onderwerp kende zijn eigen bloeiperiode.
De belangrijkste Nederlandse kunstschilders uit de Gouden Eeuw zijn Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer en Frans Hals, soms aangevuld met namen als Jacob van Ruisdael en Jan Steen. Tot in de huidige tijd geldt de schilderkunst uit die periode als een van de belangrijkste handelsmerken en trekpleisters van Nederland.
Translation:
Dutch painting bloomed in the Golden Age, mostly in the 17th century. The demand for paintings increased enormously and artists had to distinguish themselves from each other. This lead to a great artistic dynamic and individual style development. The dominant direction is rooted in Italian movements such as Baroque and Caravaggianism, but tended gradually, under the influence of Calvinism, more to a modest realism. This painting style would eventually be stamped as typically "Dutch". In parallel to this, classicism and mannerism became influential.
Thematically the heyday of 17th century Dutch painting was expressed in pretty well all genres. Historical and biblical scenes, often allegorically worked out, portraits (both individual and group portraits), domestic scenes, interiors, landscapes, cityscapes, seascapes and still lifes: almost every subject had its own growth period.
The most important Dutch painters of the Golden Age are Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer and Frans Hals, sometimes complemented with names such as Jacob van Ruisdael and Jan Steen. To this day, painting from this period is regarded as one of the most important trademarks and attractions of the Netherlands.
Ik stel een expositie en discussie voor (in het Engels en het Nederlands) over de schilderijen en schilders uit de Gouden Eeuw.
A very good basis for this are the English and Dutch Wikipedia pages from which we can quote and post images, giving credit to Wikipedia. Of course, we can branch out as we wish, but lets be very careful about the use of copyright material.
The following paragraphs are from the English Wikipedia article on Dutch Golden Age painting:
Dutch Golden Age painting is the painting of the Dutch Golden Age, a period in Dutch history roughly spanning the 17th century, during and after the later part of the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) for Dutch independence.
The new Dutch Republic was the most prosperous nation in Europe and led European trade, science, and art. The northern Netherlandish provinces that made up the new state had traditionally been less important artistic centres than cities in Flanders in the south. The upheavals and large-scale transfers of population of the war, and the sharp break with the old monarchist and Catholic cultural traditions, meant that Dutch art had to reinvent itself. The painting of religious subjects declined sharply, but a large new market for all kinds of secular subjects grew up.
Although Dutch painting of the Golden Age is included in the general European period of Baroque painting, and often shows many of its characteristics, most lacks the idealization and love of splendour typical of much Baroque work, including that of neighbouring Flanders. Most work, including that for which the period is best known, reflects the traditions of detailed realism inherited from Early Netherlandish painting.
De volgende paragrafen komen uit het artikel op Wikipedia over Nederlandse schilderkunst in de Gouden Eeuw:
De Nederlandse schilderkunst kwam in de Gouden Eeuw, goeddeels samenvallend met de 17e eeuw, tot grote bloei. De vraag naar schilderijen nam enorm toe en kunstschilders moesten zich van elkaar zien te onderscheiden. Dit leidde tot een grote artistieke dynamiek en een eigen stijlontwikkeling. De dominante richting sloot aan bij Italiaans gewortelde stromingen als de barok en het caravaggisme, maar neigde allengs onder invloed van het calvinisme meer naar een ingetogen realisme. Deze schilderwijze zou als uiteindelijk typisch "Hollands" worden bestempeld. Parallel daaraan waren ook het classicisme en het maniërisme van invloed.
Thematisch kwam de bloei in de 17e-eeuwse Nederlandse schilderkunst tot uiting in vrijwel alle genres. Historische en Bijbelse taferelen, vaak allegorisch uitgewerkt, portretten (zowel individuele als groepsportretten), huiselijke taferelen, interieurs, landschappen, stadsgezichten, zeegezichten en stillevens: vrijwel elk onderwerp kende zijn eigen bloeiperiode.
De belangrijkste Nederlandse kunstschilders uit de Gouden Eeuw zijn Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer en Frans Hals, soms aangevuld met namen als Jacob van Ruisdael en Jan Steen. Tot in de huidige tijd geldt de schilderkunst uit die periode als een van de belangrijkste handelsmerken en trekpleisters van Nederland.
Translation:
Dutch painting bloomed in the Golden Age, mostly in the 17th century. The demand for paintings increased enormously and artists had to distinguish themselves from each other. This lead to a great artistic dynamic and individual style development. The dominant direction is rooted in Italian movements such as Baroque and Caravaggianism, but tended gradually, under the influence of Calvinism, more to a modest realism. This painting style would eventually be stamped as typically "Dutch". In parallel to this, classicism and mannerism became influential.
Thematically the heyday of 17th century Dutch painting was expressed in pretty well all genres. Historical and biblical scenes, often allegorically worked out, portraits (both individual and group portraits), domestic scenes, interiors, landscapes, cityscapes, seascapes and still lifes: almost every subject had its own growth period.
The most important Dutch painters of the Golden Age are Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer and Frans Hals, sometimes complemented with names such as Jacob van Ruisdael and Jan Steen. To this day, painting from this period is regarded as one of the most important trademarks and attractions of the Netherlands.