All posts tagged "Dutch Golden Age"
dailyart
Five Women Artists Whose Works Were Misattributed to Men
March 8, 2021“Why have there been no great female artists?” continues to be a question that pops up...
Animals
Painting of the Week: Jan Asselijn, Threatened Swan
February 28, 2021Swans are normally characterized as graceful birds. They are magnificent and majestic. However, Jan Asselijn displays...
Baroque
Painting of the Week: Pieter de Ring, Still Life with a Golden Goblet
February 14, 2021Why is food such a popular image for art and culture? For millennia it has been...
dailyart
The Groundbreaking Slavery Exhibition at Rijksmuseum
December 17, 2020Under the turmoil of this year’s events, the discussion around racism has reached its highest peak....
Art Forms
Delftware 101 – The Brilliant Face of the Dutch Golden Age
October 25, 2020When we think of the Netherlands, a few characteristic things come to mind; tulips, windmills, orange...
Baroque
Do You “Pronkstill”Even? Social Media of the Dutch Golden Age
October 24, 2020Carefully arranged plates of food surrounded by carefully planned out backgrounds, images with hidden meanings, a...
Baroque
Vermeer’s Desperate Housewives
October 23, 2020Johannes Vermeer was a master of ambiguity. His silent and calm interiors, and beautiful Dutch women,...
Artists' Stories
Adriaen Brouwer, Painter of Emotions
October 23, 2020The work of the Flemish Baroque painter Adriaen Brouwer excels in innovation and daring. His folk...
Artist
Nine Reasons to Smile with Frans Hals
October 21, 2020Frans Hals (c. 1582–1666) was one of the Dutch Golden Age painters. Born in Antwerp, he...
Art History 101
Did You Know? Haarlem in the Dutch Golden Age
October 20, 2020The city of Haarlem in the Netherlands was one of the flourishing art centers of the...
