Benjamin joined Tyler to discuss why Vermeer was almost forgotten, how Rembrandt was so productive, what auctions of the old masters reveals about current approaches to painting, why Dutch art hangs best in houses, what makes the Kunstmuseum in the Hague so special, why Dutch students won’t ...
his fingers, or the nonagenarian Picasso's unquenchable eroticism. With de Kooning's death, the almost terminally Warholized American art world loses not only a link with, its last heroic—indeed, its last sincere—grand style, but a living connection to the discipline of the old masters. Loo...
After moving to Antwerp in 1631, he changed his style from the previous, almost monochrome painting of musical instruments and books to a vividly colored and elegant style, painting fruit and flowers with meticulous detail. All kinds of hungry insects populate this still life. Jan Davidsz. de ...
With a fresh and critical eye, Fuchs reviews its evolution from the foundation of Netherlandish realism in the fifteenth century with the Van Eycks, through the elevated style of Renaissance history painting, the language of symbols of the seventeenth century and the work of its masters--Claesz...
in the Golden Age, followed by a dearth in the 17thand 18thcenturies. To understand the motivations and influences of its protagonists, Dutch painting should be viewed in the wider context of Europe, from the Early Netherlandish painting school to theModernistmovement, De Stijl (“The Style”)...
Over the years, many theories have been developed to explain the painting's original purpose, usually involving much speculation as to its trompe-l'œil effect. It has been suggested, for example, that the fairly thick panel was not originally framed as a picture but served instead as the...
He probably received his early training from his father, the painter Pieter Potter (c. 1597-1652), but his style shows little dependence upon that of earlier masters. In so short a career there was little development in style between the earlier and the later works, but 1647 seems to mark...
whose early success waned as he insisted on painting darkness and the everyday, not the elevated beauty patrons wanted. Compare his trajectory to that of painters Ferdinand Bol and Govert Flinck, who energetically changed their style to match the fashions of the day and consequently died rich an...
Dutch Masters: Vermeer (2000) Girl With a Pearl Earring (2004) Vermeer: Master of Light (2001) Publisher website Vermeer: Light, Love and Silence (2001) See more resources on Johannes Vermeer. Go to Artist Profiles:Names beginning with "V"or Artist Profiles:Main Index...
The Dutch Masters: Vermeer(2000) Actors: Champagne, Charisma, Marc De Bruin, Tanya deVries, Rebecca Steele Directors: Eric Edwards Color, Dolby, NTSC DVD Release Date: June 27, 2006 Run Time: 50 minutes The Dutch Masters Boxed Set / Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Dyck, Rubens, Bosch, Bruegel ...