tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post1235915469240009357..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Rembrandt and colleagues: the Book of EstherHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-4700695185064843602017-06-29T13:08:33.460+10:002017-06-29T13:08:33.460+10:00Many thanks
Since the de Gelder painting is not o...Many thanks<br /><br />Since the de Gelder painting is not on display at the gallery just now, I added it to the blog post. It is very dark and bleak.Helsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-15135788556333095772017-06-29T02:07:50.909+10:002017-06-29T02:07:50.909+10:00A digital record has been made available on NGV Co...A digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online for the painting "King Ahasuerus condemning Haman" (c1680) by Arent de GELDER. NGVhttps://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/3976/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-73408053791945580782011-03-25T13:46:17.234+11:002011-03-25T13:46:17.234+11:00student of history,
17th century Netherlands was p...student of history,<br />17th century Netherlands was punching above its weight. This tiny country had (in my humble opinion) the best town planning, the best trading companies, the best merchant navy, the best organised system of care for orphans and widows, the best art, the most tolerant religious system, and the most sophisticated map makers and astronomers.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-60465764260033215862011-03-25T13:42:32.373+11:002011-03-25T13:42:32.373+11:00Emm,
you must read a book like "The Pity Of I...Emm,<br />you must read a book like "The Pity Of It All: A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch 1743-1933" written by Amos Elon. It is the most wonderful celebration of brilliant Jewish writers, philosophers, scientists, architects, book publishers, musicians etc. And that is just Germany!<br /><br />The Jewish contribution to Dutch society was memorable as well, but that isn't as shocking to our modern sensibilities since the Dutch were always a moral society.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-82833324958039734182011-03-25T09:54:39.099+11:002011-03-25T09:54:39.099+11:00Once the Netherlands freed themselves from Spanish...Once the Netherlands freed themselves from Spanish domination,their lives much have been very satisfying. My image of Dutch trading companies, scientists and artists is one of success. Interesting post.student of historynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-76801428543582704702011-03-25T07:54:04.564+11:002011-03-25T07:54:04.564+11:00My Mum's favourite holiday is Purim but I just...My Mum's favourite holiday is Purim but I just like the <i>Hamentashen</i>. I find it incredible that there are so many examples of Jewish acceptance in European history. I seemed to think in terms of black and white in the past and never gave much though to the centuries before the holocaust.Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931248631361366673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-41791649578020246182011-03-24T11:44:38.748+11:002011-03-24T11:44:38.748+11:00John
thanks for reading the post. I am passionate ...John<br />thanks for reading the post. I am passionate about Lastman, Rembrandt, Lievens, Victors etc.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-56323636593913972072011-03-24T02:51:37.556+11:002011-03-24T02:51:37.556+11:00This blog is capitalist, bourgeois, and against th...This blog is capitalist, bourgeois, and against the common man. I am going to use this as an example for my comrades online to see what makes one bourgeoisJohn Tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293033988556976675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-48828263428074438062011-03-23T17:06:53.806+11:002011-03-23T17:06:53.806+11:00ModernArtist
agreed. Artists will rarely, if ever...ModernArtist<br /><br />agreed. Artists will rarely, if ever, sell works that are out of tune with contemporary thinking. So I am sure that Zell is correct about mid C17th Dutchmen, seeing themselves as The New Israel and seeing the leaders of the revolt against Spain as Biblical heroes. <br /><br />Of course an artist might be happy to never sell a single work in his entire life, living instead from his parents' charity or starving in a garret.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-83829219247142263662011-03-23T09:52:33.443+11:002011-03-23T09:52:33.443+11:00Good work. I read the Zell book "Reframing Re...Good work. I read the Zell book "Reframing Rembrandt" at university. It was refreshing to find a political-religious explanation to an art question.ModernArtistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-89994928461843010002011-03-22T22:43:16.814+11:002011-03-22T22:43:16.814+11:00Thank you Ilana
the grandchildren dressed up and l...Thank you Ilana<br />the grandchildren dressed up and looked a treat! Some holidays are no work and all fun :)Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-70428501435069313152011-03-22T22:35:52.019+11:002011-03-22T22:35:52.019+11:00Purim sameach.
Hope you had a good one.Purim sameach.<br />Hope you had a good one.Ilananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-62149866912442972542011-03-22T22:11:51.062+11:002011-03-22T22:11:51.062+11:00Super stuff Hermes,
I wonder why Edwin Long chose...Super stuff Hermes,<br /><br />I wonder why Edwin Long chose to depict both Queen Esther and Queen Vashti. He made them both beautiful, but it is difficult to see who was the heroine and who was the anti-heroine, if there was one at all.<br /><br />I may be wrong, but I cannot remember a single 17th century Dutch artist who depicted Queen Vashti. Yet Veronese, Gustave Doré and even some of the late 19th century Orientalists did. All of which might give us more confidence in the good qualities that Queen Esther symbolised to those brave C17th Dutchmen.<br /><br />I would love to understand Edwin Long's motives, or his patron's. Artists rarely paint in a moral vacuum.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-36621707970320618532011-03-22T21:02:42.805+11:002011-03-22T21:02:42.805+11:00Wiki also has a very fine picture by Edwin Long an...Wiki also has a very fine picture by Edwin Long and offers some interesting points about Esther representing the feminine princple which artists may have picked up on.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.com