1. Dutch Baroque Art

2. Characteristics of Dutch Art
No church or aristocracy as patrons
Art produced on the open market, specialized by subject matter: portrait, genre, landscape
Middle class, regular, borgeois characters and subjects
Used to decorate homes, cover bare walls, give pleasure to the eye
Small paintings for small homes
Cheerful subjects, unpleasant ones given humorous slant
Easily understandable subjects, some allegorical, few religious ecstasies or pagan myths

3. Leyster, Self Portrait, c.1630

4. Steen, The Feast of St. Nicholas

5. Steen, The Feast of St. Nicholas

6. Steen, The Feast of St. Nicholas

8. Ruisdael, View of Haarlem from the Dunes at Overveen c.1670

9. Ruisdael, View of Haarlem from the Dunes at Overveen c.1670

10. Ruisdael, View of Haarlem
c.1670

16. Hals, Archers of Saint Hadrian c.1633

17. Rembrandt van Rijn

19. Hals, Archers of Saint Hadrian c.1633

20. Rembrandt, Anatomy Lesson of Doctor Tulp c.1632

21. Rembrandt, The Company of Capt
Rembrandt, The Company of Capt. Frans Banning Cocq aka “Night Watch”

22. Vermeer

24. Vermeer, Allegory on the Art of Painting 1670-1675

25. Vermeer, The Letter,

26. Motifs in Vermeer’s Paintings
Checkerboard floor
Horizontal beam ceiling
Light from the left
Heavy drapery or map
Figures seen from back or side
Figures occupied in daily pursuits
Sensitivity to light
Back wall is always flat against picture plane