The Dutch Republic in the 17th Century, Flanders in the 17th Century

what do you call a charactar type of someone in art? used by frans hals

tronie

how is a violin a memento mori, or a reminder of lifes vanities?

music in some ways is a fleeting art form, it only exiin the moment you play it;

how is an open nut a memento mori, or a reminder of lifes vanities?

you have to eat it or it goes stale

how does Pieter Saendredam, Nave and Choir of St. Catherjinkirk, Utrecht, 1655-60, reveal information about the interior of their churchs at that time?

• have nothing inside of them, aren’t very decorated (again, Protestant, kind of a Dutch pride thing)

• Their churches were also open to the public and also kind of had a civic role - notice there’s a dog walking around, it’s common, used space not just used on Sunday

what is Flanders in the 17th Century like?

• No longer exists as a political entity (kind of corresponds with Belgium)

• Part of the Dutch world but has some French influence but at this time was under the control of Spain

  • Spain was Catholic but a lot of people in Flanders were Protestant because of Dutch influence, has some 

• Stylistic international melting

• Peter Paul Rubens, Elevation of the Cros  s, 1610

Rubens, Arrival of Marie De’ Medici, 1622-25

Rubens, Consequences of War, 1638-9

Claude, Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, 1648

GRany xz

Charles Le Brun, Versailles, begun 1669

• Giuliano Dati, Landing of Columbus, 1493

• Shows open amorous contact, eating other people, not wearing many clothes, trying to make it look like chaos

John White, Village of Secoton, 1585