ARTHI 111C Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Jan Steen, Cesare Ripa, History Painting
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One essay question: you will compare and contrast the approach of two different articles (cited for you) in relations to two paintings that will be shown to you. Self portraits of the two show differing views of self. Van steen depicted himself very jovially while mieris views himself more seriously. Mariet westerman, how was jan steen funny?, 1997. Cesare ripa, sanguine temperament is an example of how jan steen portrays himself as someone who is lusty and out of control. Houbraken, describes jan steen through his paintings and westerman questions whether or not he should be described through his paintings but this issue was looked at even in the 19th century by scholars. Data: historical records and artists biographies corroborated many of houbraken"s statements. Classical text of aristotle was referenced by jan steen. The comic poet represents people as they are or worse . Georgio vasari, lives of the painters, 1550.
