ARH 331L Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Calvinism, World War I, Printmaking
8 Sep 2016
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Rubens on the left and wife on the right, also wife is situated below husband, (showing dominance/subservience) Grittier, erotic (relationship is much more casual and intimate) Rembrandt plays the role of the prodigal son (spends fortune on alcohol, entertainment and is shown enjoying himself) Also presentation of wife/husband is unconventional (men is usually on the left, wife on right and his wife is placed above him) Antwerp: great mercantile city in northern europe (bustling, magnet for ideas, talents, early 16th-17th boom in population/commerce (publishing, printmaking center) = prosperity, site for political and religious (catholics vs protestants) tensions. E. (city features: walls/fortifications, access to river/north sea, canals, compact urban area, church & city halls = landmarks (distinguish city) Antwerp destabilized (spanish soldier riot kill 7,000) ---- migration of ppl (north) 1618-48 (30 years" war) greatest war in europe (casualties) until wwi, wwii. Amsterdam: access (to rivers/water)/ expansion potential, mecca of traders all around europe.
