Dutch PaintingDutch art spans the history of Western easel painting from the Middle Ages to the present, and has a psychological development of its own which makes it a fascinating field of study. |
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... Troost ( 1697-1750 ) , who at heart was a master of comic genre , was commissioned in 1729 to portray The Governors of the City Orphanage , the result was rather. 75 TROOST The Governors of the City Orphanage 1729 77 VAN DER MIJN ...
... Troost ( 1697-1750 ) , who at heart was a master of comic genre , was commissioned in 1729 to portray The Governors of the City Orphanage , the result was rather. 75 TROOST The Governors of the City Orphanage 1729 77 VAN DER MIJN ...
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... Troost's group portrait shows how difficult it was for the artist to find a satisfactory solution to his formal problem ; somehow his culture prevented him from appreciating the inherent , solemn formalism of this kind of subject ...
... Troost's group portrait shows how difficult it was for the artist to find a satisfactory solution to his formal problem ; somehow his culture prevented him from appreciating the inherent , solemn formalism of this kind of subject ...
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... Troost's picture is the result of a carefully organized imbalance in the composition . But The Skittle Players has the strong internal order ( the two halves of the picture balancing each other ) , which is typical of the classical ...
... Troost's picture is the result of a carefully organized imbalance in the composition . But The Skittle Players has the strong internal order ( the two halves of the picture balancing each other ) , which is typical of the classical ...
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abstract actual aesthetic Amsterdam architectural artist background Banquet basic became Caravaggio Christ church classical Claudius Civilis colour composition conception contemporary Cornelis Cornelisz Cornelis Troost course direct Doesburg Early Netherlandish Early Netherlandish painting elegant elements emotional Esaias Esaias's example expression Eyck figures foreground formal Geertgen genre painting Gestel gesture Gogh Goyen Haarlem Hals history painting Holland Honthorst Huijgens humanist influence instance invention Italian Jacob van Ruisdael Jan Steen landscape Lastman Lazarus Leiden light logical look Mannerism Mannerist master Mondrian moral narrative nature Nausicaa Netherlandish painting objects Odysseus Ouwater painter Peleus pictorial picture picture-plane Pieter portrait portraiture precise problem quack realism reality Rembrandt Ruisdael Saenredam Salomon van Ruysdael scene Scorel seems sense seventeenth century shows sixteenth century space spatial Steen Stijl still-life story strong structure style stylistic subtly symbolic Tachism Terbrugghen tonal tradition tree Troost typical Velde Vermeer visual