ARTH 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Gerard Houckgeest, Church Bell, Keser
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A sermon in the oude kerk, delft 1651-52 (in the national gallery in ottawa) View from the margin of the church, people aren"t necessarily paying attention, they are tourists mixed together with worshipers. The visible church vs. the invisible church: doctrine of predestination (god decided who is amongst the damned and who is saved so there is a sense of anxiety because nobody knows who is truly good). The invisible church is the group of people who are saved rather than the visible church who are just the people gathered in the church. The dogs in the painting are about materiality, they are earthy and it was believed that they didn"t have souls. De witte (pronounced de vitta), family portrait 1678. Picture inside the picture is a painting of a church he painted: points to bringing the values of the church into the home.