ART H102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ten Commandments, Johannes Vermeer, Horizon Lines
23 Nov 2017
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The dutch were fighting against the spanish occupiers, who were bringing religious influence (catholic). Stands for the notion of power, with one soul person perched on top of it all constrasted with. Their identity as movers and shakers in the political spectrum is asserted in these portraits. The members of the group would each contribute to the artist. The goal of these paintings was to showcase the individuality of each member of governments, an organized chaos, and a lack of hierarchy in the government. *genre painting: a loosely used category of subject matter for painting which depicts scenes from everyday life. These tend to be smaller in scale. they are often found in dutch homes. Vermeer is characterised for his uncanny ability to render his paintings very focused. *camera obscura: used by artists to capture reflections of images from nature. reflections are projected in the interior, which artists would then trace. Camera obscura in order to create hyper focused paintings.
