ART HIS 22 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jacob Van Ruisdael, Jan Van Goyen, Gerard Van Honthorst
2 Apr 2016
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See a fa ade covered with colored tiles, made= pp in the area. Same 3 levels, same triumphal arch motif on1st level. Calvinist has no room for (i. e. allowed no) art in worship. Thus, more private patronage in netherlands than in any other countries. A shift in emphasis to 2 different kinds: portraits, genre painting and still life. Genre painting = madeup scene of everyday life. Pieter saenredam, interior of st. odolphus church in asssendelft. Purpose: a sense of harmony, order and peace in the interior. Jan van euyk, virgin in/ as the church. Empty space in the foreground emphasizing the calmness. The spoken word was more impt than other catholic sacraments. Focus on the graves of the artists"s father on the inscription. Figures meant to be moralizing didactic figures and humorous. A painting depicting moses and the 10 commandments. Run below is the boy teaching the dog to obey.
