tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post6659272385820803729..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: AmsterdamUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-14235463405732264832015-02-22T02:37:48.050-05:002015-02-22T02:37:48.050-05:00Really like "The Jewish Bride" and, of c...Really like "The Jewish Bride" and, of course, the Vermeer. "The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis" seems vaguely homoerotic, no? Whip out those swords, boys! *snork*<br /><br />What a great post, Doug: many thanks! :-)JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-44277470646442631742015-02-20T09:40:50.363-05:002015-02-20T09:40:50.363-05:00Just to give it a stab: I guess the followers of G...Just to give it a stab: I guess the followers of Gomarus might have disliked the arts, but when at their strongest, after the Dordt Synod http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synod_of_Dort they did not try to outlaw it. Even the protestant thugs responsible for the 1566 BEELDENSTORM opposed religious imagery inside churches, not on the outside. The most endangered art form was the stage, where people pretended to be someone else, thus endangering their soul, but that did not stop Shakespeare's contemporary Joost van de Vondel from writing sucessful plays. <br />It would appear that at that time sculpture was not our forte ( only Hendrick de Keyser was decent ). Quellinus was invited from Antwerp because he was excellent. Also, the amount of work needed for the Stadhuis was huge, and he brought his own workshop with him, all people who could work in his style. ( This is known as an educated guess.)Gerrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04910180248036790177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-39722967310751319582015-02-20T09:35:32.064-05:002015-02-20T09:35:32.064-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gerrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04910180248036790177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-37301815106629397072015-02-20T07:48:45.554-05:002015-02-20T07:48:45.554-05:00Thanks Gerrit. Would I be right in my suspicion t...Thanks Gerrit. Would I be right in my suspicion that Protestant Holland discouraged sculpture and that Amsterdam had to send to Catholic Antwerp for sculptors? I can't think of any Dutch sculptors from that period, but then as I confess in my post, my knowledge of Baroque sculpture in the Low Countries is very limited.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-4779613691511112922015-02-20T04:13:50.428-05:002015-02-20T04:13:50.428-05:00Hi Doug!
As chance has it, I just finished describ...Hi Doug!<br />As chance has it, I just finished describing a series of slides on the Dam Palace, and an authorative book on the subject is still on my desk. So, I read that the marble group with Midas is by Quellinus ( and workshop ) alone. He and Rombout Verhulst were the main sculptors of the Stadhuis, but Q. is much more refined. The city had several artists on their pay roll, but Q was not one of them - partly because he wanted to keep his freedom in choosing his work, partly because het was a Roman Catholic.Gerrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04910180248036790177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-18381033335434280622015-02-20T03:50:44.514-05:002015-02-20T03:50:44.514-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gerrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04910180248036790177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-40487780421012225002015-02-19T05:19:15.821-05:002015-02-19T05:19:15.821-05:00"This promiscuous mingling of modes --symboli..."This promiscuous mingling of modes --symbolic, naturalistic, emblematic, and social -- was yet another instance of Rembrandt pushing a perfectly acceptable manner beyond its expected limit..."<br /><br />Heh, I can entirely *hear* Schama in this passage! [Was this bit in one of his TV series?]<br /><br />What a crazy @ss painting "Night Watch" is! (doesn't the dog seem underpainted though? Unfinished?)JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-90573449860293858742015-02-18T05:07:13.527-05:002015-02-18T05:07:13.527-05:00Heh, on that 18th century inlaid map, looks like m...Heh, on that 18th century inlaid map, looks like my California homeland is still terra incognita! Thar Be Dragons... (well, sea lions anyway)JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-36725931468759164882015-02-17T15:35:28.570-05:002015-02-17T15:35:28.570-05:00OMG, what a post! It's going to take a good lo...OMG, what a post! It's going to take a good long to time to go thru (and enjoy!) this un....JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.com