CALL TO ACTION: THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS PAINTING IN UTRECHT'S GOLDEN AGE (1590-1640)
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ucin11774232922021-08-03T06:11:40Z CALL TO ACTION: THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS PAINTING IN UTRECHT'S GOLDEN AGE (1590-1640) STRASBAUGH, CHRIS Art History Dutch Republic Calvinism Art Relegion History painting seventeenth century Abraham Bloemaert Joachim Wtewael Catholic Utrecht Adoration Moralizing Genre moses striking the rock During the sixteenth and seventeenth century, the Dutch Republic was amid the religious conflict of Protestantism and Catholicism. While the country emerged under the Protestant flag, the conflict inundated the lives and work of the artists especially in town of Utrecht, the Catholic stronghold in a Calvinist nation. Abraham Bloemaert (1566-1651), a Catholic artist, and his Calvinist counterpart, Joachim Wtewael (1566-1638) both treated the field of religious history painting as a means to place their religious beliefs into their art in order to further their religious affiliation’s mission. I address these artists’ work through formal analysis, an iconographical study, as well as placing them inside the socio-historical context of Utrecht from 1590 to 1625. Each chapter is centered on various religious history themes that both artists depicted. Chapter one focuses on the predominantly Protestant theme of Moses Striking the Rock in order to show how both artists took this motif and adapted it to the context of Utrecht. In chapter two, I identify how both Bloemaert and Wtewael take the Catholic theme of Adoration of the Shepherds and infuse the images with multiple levels of meanings. The last chapter is on moralizing genre scenes in which both artists began to place religious messages inside scenes of everyday life. 2007-07-02 English text University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1177423292 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1177423292 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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CALL TO ACTION: THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS PAINTING IN UTRECHT'S GOLDEN AGE (1590-1640) |
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CALL TO ACTION: THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS PAINTING IN UTRECHT'S GOLDEN AGE (1590-1640) |
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call to action: the role of religious painting in utrecht's golden age (1590-1640) |
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