1. Dutch
Realism

2. Dutch Realism Goals: “Genre” Paintings
Provide Protestant middle-class w/ small-scale, affordable, portable artwork
Display everyday life as realistically as possible
Praise the lives & accomplishments of the middle class
“Genre” Paintings
Still life
Portraits
Landscapes/Cityscapes

3. Characteristics of Dutch Realism:
Chiaroscuro  contrast b/t light & dark
Usually one light source (ex. a window)
Imitated Caravaggio’s use of light & shadow
Realism  detail in fabrics, facial expressions, etc
Intimate Settings  indoor scenes w/in middle-class homes
Allegories symbols/themes w/in paintings

4. Woman Holding a Balance - Jan Vermeer, 1662-63

5. Woman Holding a Balance (details) - Jan Vermeer, 1662-63

6. The Night Watch – Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642

7. Dutch Militia Portrait from Frans Hals & Pieter Codde

8. Honorable
Mention

9. Still Life with Gilt Goblet William Heda, 1635
“Genre” Painting

10. The Merry Drinker (1628-30)– Frans Hals

11. View of Doerdrecht Aelbert Cuyp, 1650s

12. The Little Street – Jan Vermeer, 1657-1661

13. Two Giants Of
Dutch Realism

14. Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) Self-portrait, c. 1629-30

15. Anatomy Lecture of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp – Rembrandt, 1632

16. The Mill– Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645-48

17. The Astronomer Jan Vermeer, 1668

18. Girl with a Pearl Earring Jan Vermeer, 1665

19. Jan Vermeer and Optics
Did Vermeer use some of the new discoveries in optics?
Did he use lenses to project the image of the subject [camera obscura] onto the canvas?
It is argued that van Leeuwenhoek was the model for his painting, “The Astronomer.”

20. Camera Obscura