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Upcoming events
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Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age - Art History Livestream
·OnlineOnlineRembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age - Art Program Hosted by Robert Kelleman
You’re invited to join us for an art history livestream featuring Rembrandt van Rijn and the Dutch Golden Age.
While our program will focus on Rembrandt, we’ll also explore several of artists and the overall history and culture of the Dutch Golden Age.
This is the first of a 2-part series on Dutch art, with a separate program featuring Johannes Vermeer (The Girl with the Pearl Earring).During and after the program you’ll have the opportunity to discuss the topics with your fellow art lovers via Zoom.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74e6fGKRSsk***
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Dutch: 15 July 1606 - 4 October 1669), mononymously known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of Western art. It is estimated that Rembrandt's surviving works amount to about three hundred paintings, three hundred etchings, and several hundred drawings.
Unlike most Dutch painters of the 17th century, Rembrandt's works depict a wide range of styles and subject matter, from portraits and self-portraits to landscapes, genre scenes, allegorical and historical scenes, biblical and mythological subjects and animal studies. His contributions to art came in a period that historians call the Dutch Golden Age.
Rembrandt never went abroad, but was considerably influenced by the work of the Italian Old Masters and Dutch and Flemish artists who had studied in Italy. After he achieved youthful success as a portrait painter, Rembrandt's later years were marked by personal tragedy and financial hardships. Yet his etchings and paintings were popular throughout his lifetime, his reputation as an artist remained high, and for twenty years he taught many important Dutch painters. Rembrandt's portraits of his contemporaries, self-portraits and illustrations of scenes from the Bible are regarded as his greatest creative triumphs. His approximately 40 self-portraits form an intimate autobiography.The Dutch Golden Age was a period in the history of the Netherlands which roughly lasted from 1588, when the Dutch Republic was established, to 1672, when the Rampjaar occurred. During this period, Dutch trade, scientific developments, art and overseas colonisation was among the most prominent in Europe. The first half of the period spanned from the beginning of the Eighty Years' War until its conclusion in 1648, with the second half lasting until the outbreak of the Franco-Dutch War. During the period, Dutch colonialists, many of them affiliated with the East India Company and West India Company, established trading posts and colonies in the Americas, Southern Africa and Asia, protected by the powerful Dutch States Navy. The Dutch also dominated the triangular trade and Atlantic slave trade during this period.
Dutch culture flourished during this period as well. However, by the end of the 17th century, conflicts with neighbouring powers as well as declining economic influence led to the end of this period. The process by which the Dutch Republic became one of the foremost maritime and economic powers of the world during the era has been referred to as the "Dutch Miracle" by historian K. W. Swart. The term "Dutch Golden Age" has been controversial in the 21st century due to the extensive Dutch involvement in slavery and colonialism during the period, and it has been deprecated by several museums in the Netherlands, including the Amsterdam Museum.***
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Your host for this programme is Robert Kelleman, the founder/director of the non-profit community organisations London History & Culture and Washington, DC History & Culture.
London History & Culture
A non-profit community organisation
Experience the history and culture of London - and the world!YouTube Previously Recorded Programmes
http://www.Youtube.com/c/WashingtonDCHistoryCultureDonations Support Our Non-Profit Community Programmes - Thank You!
PayPal: DCHistoryAndCulture@gmail.com
Venmo: @DCHistoryAndCulture
GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/d29491c0We look forward to seeing you. Thanks!
Robert Kelleman
rkelleman@yahoo.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertkelleman/213 attendees
Soho Art Gallery Crawl & Social (FREE)
The Blue Post, 22 Berwick St, London W1F 0QA, London, GBHi All,
There is a number of Art gallery late opening in Soho until late. I thought to create this mellow low key event to see this.
Lets meet at the Pipeline Gallery
https://www.instagram.com/p/DTK3A2kAqhj/?img_index=1We can visit the following galleries in crawl...
1. Pipeline
2. Berntson Bhattacharjee Gallery
3. Alice Almata
4. Fitzrovia GalleryEnd at the Prince of wales feathers pub for reflection
https://maps.app.goo.gl/PgH9fFcZBSC49mWS9There is a whatsapp group in the comments once you rsvp into the event
also Optional late Jazz nearby
Everyone is welcome to join and leave at any time
CheersI will be dressed in a long black coat, navy trousers, green beanie hat, inside the Pipeline Gallery
25 attendees
Vermeer and the Dutch Golden Age - Art History Livestream
·OnlineOnlineVermeer and the Dutch Golden Age - Art Program Hosted by Robert Kelleman
You’re invited to join us for an art history livestream featuring Johannes Vermeer (The Girl with the Pearl Earring) and the Dutch Golden Age.
While our program will focus on Vermeer, we’ll also explore several of artists and the overall history and culture of the Dutch Golden Age.
This is a 2-part series on Dutch art, with a separate program featuring Rembrandt van Rijn.
During and after the program you’ll have the opportunity to discuss the art with your fellow participants via Zoom.***
Johannes Vermeer (October 1632 – 15 December 1675) was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. He is considered one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. During his lifetime, he was a moderately successful provincial genre painter, recognized in Delft and The Hague. He produced relatively few paintings, primarily earning his living as an art dealer. He was not wealthy; at his death, his wife was left in debt.
Vermeer worked slowly and with great care, and frequently used very expensive pigments. He is particularly renowned for making masterful use of light in his work. "Almost all his paintings", Hans Koningsberger wrote, "are apparently set in two smallish rooms in his house in Delft; they show the same furniture and decorations in various arrangements and they often portray the same people, mostly women."
The modest celebrity he enjoyed during his life gave way to obscurity after his death. He was barely mentioned in Arnold Houbraken's major source book on 17th-century Dutch painting (Grand Theatre of Dutch Painters and Women Artists, published 1718) and, as a result, was omitted from subsequent surveys of Dutch art for nearly two centuries. In the 19th century, Vermeer was rediscovered by Gustav Friedrich Waagen and Théophile Thoré-Bürger, who published an essay attributing 66 works to him, although only 34 paintings are universally attributed to him today. Since that time, Vermeer's reputation has grown enormously.The Dutch Golden Age was a period in the history of the Netherlands which roughly lasted from 1588, when the Dutch Republic was established, to 1672, when the Rampjaar occurred. During this period, Dutch trade, scientific developments, art and overseas colonisation was among the most prominent in Europe. The first half of the period spanned from the beginning of the Eighty Years' War until its conclusion in 1648, with the second half lasting until the outbreak of the Franco-Dutch War. During the period, Dutch colonialists, many of them affiliated with the East India Company and West India Company, established trading posts and colonies in the Americas, Southern Africa and Asia, protected by the powerful Dutch States Navy. The Dutch also dominated the triangular trade and Atlantic slave trade during this period.
Dutch culture flourished during this period as well. However, by the end of the 17th century, conflicts with neighbouring powers as well as declining economic influence led to the end of this period. The process by which the Dutch Republic became one of the foremost maritime and economic powers of the world during the era has been referred to as the "Dutch Miracle" by historian K. W. Swart. The term "Dutch Golden Age" has been controversial in the 21st century due to the extensive Dutch involvement in slavery and colonialism during the period, and it has been deprecated by several museums in the Netherlands, including the Amsterdam Museum.***
Zoom Connection Link
Click (or Copy and Paste) and Follow the Instructions:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87970768403?pwd=OTBWRHMwTWVzcFhPckt0c3FhekRrUT09
Meeting ID: 879 7076 8403
Passcode: 053792
One tap mobile
+16694449171,,87970768403#,,,,*053792# US
Dial by your location
• +1 646 931 3860 US
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kpmid1hRfConnecting a few minutes early is recommended.
If you experience any technical issues please restart your Zoom session and/or your device.
When all else fails please follow the directions.***
Your host for this programme is Robert Kelleman, the founder/director of the non-profit community organisations London History & Culture and Washington, DC History & Culture.
London History & Culture
A non-profit community organisation
Experience the history and culture of London - and the world!YouTube Previously Recorded Programmes
http://www.Youtube.com/c/WashingtonDCHistoryCultureDonations Support Our Non-Profit Community Programmes - Thank You!
PayPal: DCHistoryAndCulture@gmail.com
Venmo: @DCHistoryAndCulture
GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/d29491c0We look forward to seeing you. Thanks!
Robert Kelleman
rkelleman@yahoo.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertkelleman/119 attendees
Past events
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