ARTWORK IN 17th CENTURY FLANDERS

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ARTWORK IN 17th CENTURY FLANDERS
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• CRUCIFIXION
• by El Greco (1600)
• Typical Medieval and early Renaissance art
  includes religious themes and a rather flat,
  two-dimensional style designed to evoke powerful
  emotions in the viewers.

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• THE TRIUMPH OF THE DIVINE
• by Pietro da Cortona (1639)
• A fresco that decorates a palace of Pope Urban
  VIII presents complex images in classical forms,
  and depicts religious, angelic images.

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JUDITH AND HOLOFERNES by Caravaggio
(1599)Painted Biblical scenes could be quite
violent. Images like this one were probably in
the house (and perhaps the cellar) and frightened
Griet in Girl with a Pearl Earring.
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Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemesia
Gentileschi (1612/13)
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VIEW OF FLORENCE FROM VIA BOLOGNESEby Gaspar
van Wittel (1695)Landscapes also became a
popular genre. Both classical and modern
locations were drawn realistically but also to
depict grand, romantic vistas.
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• CABINET WITH SHELF
• by Georg Flegel (1610)
• This painting is an example of a still life, in
  which the painter focuses on reproducing simple,
  everyday images as realistically as possible.

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THE SYNDICS OF THE CLOTH GUILD by Rembrandt
van Rijn (1662) Group portraits of everyday
people, commonly depicting their employment
became popular in Holland.
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• PORTRAIT OF TITUS STUDYING
• by Rembrandt van Rijn (1655)
• Portraits such as this one of Rembrandts own son
  captured everyday people in intimate, personal
  moments.

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• STREET IN DELFT
• by Jan Vermeer (1661)
• One of the few outdoor scenes painted by Vermeer.
  There has been some speculation that this is the
  house he and his family lived in.

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• YOUNG WOMAN WITH WATER JUG
• by Jan Vermeer (1670)
• The painting that Griet apparently inspires in
  the book Girl with a Pearl Earring.

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• THE ASTRONOMER
• by Jan Vermeer (1670)
• One of the few portraits done by Vermeer of a
  male subject. Some have speculated that the man
  in the picture is Antony van Leeuwenhoek,
  Vermeers friend.

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• THE MILKMAID
• by Jan Vermeer (1658)
• Possibly the image that Tanneke claims is the
  painting she posed for Vermeer in Girl with a
  Pearl Earring.

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• GIRL WITH A GLASS OF WINE
• by Jan Vermeer (1660)
• Possibly the picture of the infamous girl in a
  red dress who van Ruijven got pregnant in Girl
  with a Pearl Earring.

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• YOUNG WOMAN WITH A TURBAN
• by Jan Vermeer (1665)
• Probably Vermeers most well-known work the
  identity of the young woman in the painting is
  unknown.

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THE CAMERA OBSCURA, an early precursor to the
modern photography camera.
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• Designs for portable camera obscuras taken from
  Oculus Artificialis by Johann Zahn (1685).
  Holland was in the forefront of the development
  of glass lenses used for telescopes, though
  objects like the camera obscura were rare and
  expensive.

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A portable camera obscura positioned as Vermeer
would have had it when we allows Griet to look
into it in Girl with a Pearl Earring.
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• It is speculated that Vermeer actually used the
  camera obscura as a means to actually project a
  picture onto a wall or canvass and then trace the
  image presented there. This is believed to be how
  he was able to get such fine details in his
  paintings.