Art Appreciation: The Dutch Golden Age - Art History
Course details
Course code
Q00017299Course date
Number of classes
3 sessionsTimetable
Tutor
Kate PhillipsFee range
How you'll learn
Venue
St Mary's Church Annex (Wargrave)Mill Green
Station Road
Wargrave
RG10 8EU
Level of study
Entry Levels 1,2,3: If you have never studied this subject before and you鈥檙e not confident in your skills, Entry levels are a good starting point.
Level 1: Covers basic skills and knowledge needed for this subject
Level 2: Building on basic knowledge or experience. Similar to Grade 4/ C at GCSE or O level in England or Standards in Scotland.
Level 3: Learn about the topic in-depth and have a broad range of skills. Independent working Equivalent to an A level in England or Higher in Scotland.
Beginners: A perfect introduction if you have no experience and skills in this subject.
Improvers: The next step if you have basic skills or knowledge but want to progress them further.
Advanced: Build on the solid experience and skills you have in this subject, applying your skills and knowledge in a more complex way.
Course overview
Course description
This course visits the time when the Netherlands reigned supreme. Freed from the yoke of Spain they flourished as traders, explorers and artists. The major art figures of the time were Rubens, Vermeer and Rembrandt; very different artists, very different personalities. Rubens the courtier, diplomat, charmer, very uxorious and a sharp businessman, with a huge output from the Rubens 鈥渇actory鈥. Rembrandt - hailed as a genius from an early age, very appreciative of the fairer sex, hard-working but brought down by being a terrible businessman. He changed the way portraiture was thought of and reached the heights of renown, with his masterpiece cherished as the symbol of the Netherlands. But he died in poverty and his last big commission spurned by the town council he had commissioned it. Last but very much not least, Vermeer, a converted Catholic in a Protestant city, living with his mother-in-law and eventually eleven children. He produced two paintings a year, working on his own and selling his tiny output locally. He died tragically young as a direct consequence of the Franco/Dutch war. Yet the exhibition this year at the Reijksmuseum was completely sold out just after it opened.
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