{"title":"Rembrandt and the Church Interiors of the Delft School","authors":"S. Michalski","doi":"10.2307/1483706","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The new \"Delft-type\" of church interiors appeared in Dutch painting of the Golden Age exactly at mid-century. It is characterized by an original two-point scheme designed to form a corner at the nearest, assymetrically placed column. No convincing explanation has been provided for this \"dramatic turn around 1650\" (Giltaij), especially in view of the fact that Gerard Houckgeest - the inventor of the scheme - painted still in 1648 church interiors of the traditional type. I would like to suggest here a source of possible inspiration, namely Rembrandt's Medea-etching of 1648, which on closer analysis shows a similar spatial arrangement. A further link might be provided by the use of curtains both in Rembrandt's works (Holy Family, 1646) and in the church interiors of the Delft-type.","PeriodicalId":43492,"journal":{"name":"Artibus et Historiae","volume":"23 1","pages":"183-193"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2307/1483706","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Artibus et Historiae","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2307/1483706","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"ART","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The new "Delft-type" of church interiors appeared in Dutch painting of the Golden Age exactly at mid-century. It is characterized by an original two-point scheme designed to form a corner at the nearest, assymetrically placed column. No convincing explanation has been provided for this "dramatic turn around 1650" (Giltaij), especially in view of the fact that Gerard Houckgeest - the inventor of the scheme - painted still in 1648 church interiors of the traditional type. I would like to suggest here a source of possible inspiration, namely Rembrandt's Medea-etching of 1648, which on closer analysis shows a similar spatial arrangement. A further link might be provided by the use of curtains both in Rembrandt's works (Holy Family, 1646) and in the church interiors of the Delft-type.
期刊介绍:
Artibus et Historiae is a journal dedicated to the visual arts, published by IRSA Publishing House. The lavishly illustrated articles cover a broad range of subjects, including photography and film, as well as traditional topics of scholarly art research. Artibus et Historiae particularly encourages interdisciplinary studies - art history in conjunction with other humanistic fields, such as psychology, sociology, philosophy, or literature - and unconventional approaches. Thus it is hoped that the current trends in art history will be well represented in our issues. Artibus et Historiae appears twice a year, in hardback. The articles are in one of four languages: English, Italian, German, or French, at the author"s discretion.