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To: Neocon who wrote (80918)6/6/2000 3:59:00 PM
From: Thomas C. White  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
I prefer Vermeer to Rembrandt, and consider Van Dyke and Reubens to represent the decay of Dutch painting.....

I am aghast. Well, not really. I also prefer Vermeer, and also Breugel. Not much on the later ones myself. I especially enjoy Breugel's portrayals of rustic Flemish life. Technically he is not quite as strong as some of the others (he is earlier), but that's my taste. I find Vermeer's strong contrasts and facility with light far more interesting than a lot of the darker stuff, no matter how good it is from a technical standpoint.



To: Neocon who wrote (80918)6/7/2000 4:38:00 PM
From: nihil  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 108807
 
Of course, Vandyke and Rubens were Flemish, not Dutch. As high commission court painters they had to follow fashion, not their ideals. Poor Vermeer with all his tricks to substitute for his defective eyesight and his ugly daughters couldn't even support himself with fancy dress posed paintings. Too bad he was too early to do photographs.


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