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A pair of paintings by Dutch Golden Age master Frans Hals that possibly depict his own children are returning to the ...
Baroque art could be surprisingly risqué ... land reclaimed from the sea using ingenious windmills -- celebrated Dutch industriousness. And in the flat Netherlands, a landscape was also a ...
The winners were displayed in a replica frame in the exact spot where “Girl with a Pearl Earring” usually hangs, between two portraits by Dutch Baroque ... works of art on its Instagram ...
With the invention of “tronies,” artists of the Dutch Golden Age and Flemish Baroque era were able to get creative, experimenting with technical skills to bring about fun visual effects.
Dutch art contrasts notably with the Flemish Baroque painting made during the same period in neighboring Flanders (i.e., the Southern Netherlands, now Belgium), which remained part of the Catholic ...
We marvel at Baroque’s over-the-top churches, palaces, bubbly fountains, and theatric art. Forged in Europe’s religious struggles, Baroque art inspired the faithful and dazzled the masses.
A specialist on Renaissance and Baroque European art, Amy Golahny has published on Rembrandt, Dutch art, and the interactions between artists of northern Europe and Italy. She has also published on ...
When the Spaniards brought baroque to the New World, it blossomed in fresh and wonderful variations. Pal Kelemen, Hungarian-born art historian, has spent nearly three years tracing baroque’s ...