20. The Mirror of Nature-/KLOC-Dutch Art in the 7th Century

When we enter this chapter, we can think about two questions. First, does the mirror of nature refer to the true description of nature? Second, if it depicts nature, is Dutch art still valuable after the development of modern photography technology?

Europe is divided into Catholic and Protestant camps. In southern Holland, Belgium, Catholicism is dominant (recall Rubens). Spain, the northern Dutch province, has risen up against their Catholic lords. Dutch businessmen are sincere, diligent and thrifty, and don't like to indulge the flashy southern style. Even in architecture, we have adopted some self-discipline.

The model is spectacular, but it is still simple in outline and frugal in decoration.

The first outstanding artist in Holland was Frans hals. Compared with the portraits of Rubens, Van Dyke or velazquez in the same period, hals's portrait "captured" the people he painted at a special moment and fixed them on the canvas forever. Show the shape of fluffy hair or wrinkled sleeves with a few strokes of light and shade.

""not so carefully arranged, casual and natural.

After getting rid of patrons, artists began to face a more cruel market, that is, self-reliance. Those Protestant Dutch painters who have no interest and talent in portrait painting need to find another way out, that is, to specialize in a special branch of painting and become stronger and more refined. Such as the beauty of the sky.

The Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rhein, shoulder to shoulder, is passionate, lonely and painful. Patent right, find a more free and faster method than using faders, called etching.

"There is no beauty, no taboo ugliness, and truth and sincerity are more important than harmony and beauty (Mr. Memory Card)

The most specialized branch of Dutch painting is full of fun, that is, the branch of still life painting. In other words, when it comes to still life painting, let's remember Holland and Holland.

""A proof and conclusion. The theme of a painting is far less important than imagined. Just as ordinary words can provide lyrics for a wonderful song, ordinary things can form a perfect picture.

"Rembrandt's greatest artist in later generations is the young Vermeer Van? Delft.

The characteristics of this painting soften the outline without compromising its solid and stable effect. A strange combination of softness and precision.

When I call this chapter "the mirror of nature", I don't just want to say that Dutch art has learned to copy nature faithfully like a mirror. Art and nature are not as smooth and cold as mirrors. Nature reflected in art always reflects the artist's own heart, his hobbies and his fun, thus reflecting his mental state. "

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Today is August 18, our selfie master-Rembrandt.

Rembrandt's 63-year life has left more than 100 self-portraits, which is definitely far ahead.

"So, if you see the above portraits, don't hesitate. He's Uncle Lun. . .

The question today is, how old is the portrait of Rembrandt in the book?

Finally, Master Lun's masterpiece Town Building.