Dutch golden age still life painting. The game in spanish paintings is often plain dead animals still waiting to be skinned. On one side the generally somber scenes are read symbolically through the lens of. May 9 2018 almost certainly what first comes to most peoples minds when they think of still life the paintings from the dutch golden age represent one of the definite peaks of the genre.
Obviously photographic still life falls outside the scope of this board. The art of the dutch golden age was very diverse and can be divided into six categories. The paintings on this board were produced in the northern european low countries between roughly 1600 and 1750.
A special genre of still life was the so called pronkstilleven dutch for ostentatious still life. Explore the greatest artists with our guide to the 10 most important old masters in dutch painting. The dutch golden age period was an extremely important awakening in the world of art so its not surprising that many historic still lifes were created during that time.
Since then critics have generally belonged to two opposing schools of thought when it comes to interpreting them. The dutch golden age led to a tremendous outpouring of still life paintings in the 17th century. Explore the greatest artists with our guide to the 10 most important old masters in dutch painting.
Dutch art from the 17th century was made up of small finely crafted paintings often depicting the simple things in life. Still life painting in spain also called bodegones was austere. This style of ornate still life painting was developed in the 1640s in antwerp by flemish artists such as frans snyders osias beert adriaen van utrecht and a whole generation of dutch golden age painters.
Every one has heard of rembrandt vermeer and bosch but there is so much more to dutch painting. The significance of the still life during. The new dutch republic was the most prosperous nation in europe and led european trade science and art.
Dutch golden age painting is the painting of the dutch golden age a period in dutch history roughly spanning the 17th century during and after the later part of the eighty years war 15681648 for dutch independence. List of the most popular still lifes from the dutch golden age movement listed alphabetically with pictures of the art when available. Historical painting landscapes and cityscapes genre painting portraiture maritime painting and still.