Ariane Van Suchtelen, Wouter Kloek, Mariet Westermann

Broschiertes Buch

Jan Steen's Histories

Beschreibung

English edition of JAN STEEN EN DE HISTORIESCHILDERKUNST (9789462621657). Meet Jan Steen as you probably didn't know him before. This seventeenth century Dutch artist is mainly known as the painter of jolly and somewhat chaotic scenes from daily life - there is even a proverb in Dutch that refers to this, the 'Jan Steen household'. But the artist also depicted entirely different subjects: paintings showing stories from the Bible, classical mythology, and history. A prime example is Moses and the Pharaoh's Crown at the Mauritshuis. These are stories filled with excitement, drama, and passion. Through a selection of roughly twenty paintings, the exhibition shows that Steen was a versatile and ambitious artist, with considerable literary knowledge and a keen eye for the comical aspects of each story.

Autor

Ariane van Suchtelen, curator at the Mauritshuis, is the author of an introduction to the life and work of Jan Steen, in which she discusses the place occupied by history painting in his (otherwise humorous) oeuvre. Which themes did he prefer? What were his sources? For whom were these paintings intended? Wouter Kloek, former curator at the Rijksmuseum, writes about the form and content of Steen's history paintings, and the thin line that separates representations of biblical and mythological themes from scenes of everyday life. Mariet Westermann, executive vice president of the Andrew W Mellon Foundation, writes about Steen's exceptional ambition as a history painter. Her essay clarifies the national and international context in which these paintings originated.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: W Books
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 277mm x 239mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 953g
• ISBN-13: 9789462621664
• ISBN-10: 9462621667
• Artikelnr.: 50222302