ARTHI 111C Lecture 4: 5.9.2016.111c.notes
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The reformation created secular painting which is why there are very few religious paintings in. Former catholic churches were stripped of their elaborate art and images and turned into protestant churches that appeared very white washed. Emmanuel de witte, portrait of a family, 1678. In the background of this painting is a church painting. Image of christ on a shroud hanging above the pulpit which is a very catholic image. Also a mother suckling a child beneath the pulpit (madonna and child, iconography) Willem i was assassinated and they made a large tomb in his honor in the niewe kerk in delft. Located where the high altar ought to be. Vanhalen says that it is a political statement and it declares willem i the savior of the state. Paintings where the dead body was shown from the tomb focus on the man willem i himself. Gerard houckgeest, tomb of willem i, niewe kerk.
