SCI - Art During the Scientific Revolution (Lesson)

Art During the Scientific Revolution.

 Art of this period is often represented by the genre paintings of the Dutch Realists.

The Geographer by Jan Vermeer

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Dutch or Northern Realism as defined by Larry Treadwell of thecaveonline.com:

Genre or everyday scenes exhibit mathematical and geometric values of seventeenth-century science. Middle-class Dutch patrons commissioned secular works: portraits, still-lifes; landscapes, and genre paintings Values: quiet opulence, comfortable domesticity, realism.

 

 

Learn More.

Click here to download Sue Pojer's powerpoint over the Dutch Golden Age. Links to an external site.

Click here to read the Boundless Art History section on Dutch Realism. Links to an external site.

 

 

 

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