{"id":67,"date":"2019-10-07T01:18:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T01:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/?p=67"},"modified":"2019-10-15T03:09:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T03:09:10","slug":"baroque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/2019\/10\/07\/baroque\/","title":{"rendered":"Baroque"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

JAN STEEN (1626-1679)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jan Steen was a man who lived an unusual life in comparison to his colleagues. He grew up in Leiden, Holland in 1626, where his father was a brewer who owned a tavern named \u201cThe Red Halbert<\/em>\u201d. Steen was taught by german painter Nicolaes Knupfer who was well known for his \u201chistorical and figurative scenes in Utrecht\u201d. As an observer, I can pinpoint characteristics such as composition and use of colour where Steen took influence from Knupfer\u2019s teachings. Unlike other artists who only had one occupation- art, Jan Steen relied on his brewery background as a source of second income where in 1654 he ran a tavern named \u201cDe Slang<\/em>\u201d and opened another after the \u201cYear of Disaster\u201d in 1672. Jan Steen was not rich for most of his lifetime, thus had to compensate through his art, which Steen was able to produce approximately 800 paintings in his career.
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Nicolaes Knupfer’s “Le Galant Militaire”
http:\/\/www.artnet.com\/artists\/nikolaus-kn\u00fcpfer\/le-galant-militaire-bL_mGM7KBaYLwQ8-H__Aqg2<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“Feast of the Chamber of Rhetoricians near a Town-Gate”. As you can see, Steen\u2019s brewery background influenced a lot of his paintings.
https:\/\/www.tripimprover.com\/blog\/rhetoricians-at-the-window-by-jan-steen<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

By looking at Steen\u2019s work, I can very much tell that he was an artist during the Baroque period. Steen\u2019s works are very good at showing movement, as each of his paintings were mainly influenced by the chaos of social gatherings like in \u201cThe Dancing Couple” where a group of people look to be having intoxicated fun at a local bar. \u201cRhetoricians at a Window\u201d is one of my personal favourites because it shows a strong sense of Steen\u2019s humorous style. It may be because of the man in the back poking his cheek and grinning, or the contrast between the man proudly reading out a story and the man to his right looking in complete boredom, but this painting radiates a fun and playful attitude. Despite the fact that Steen likes to paint more chaotic and fun settings, he has painted a couple serious paintings in his lifetime such as \u201cThe Lovesick Maiden\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cRhetoricians at a Window\u201d (1658-1665)
https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jan_Steen<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“The Lovesick Maiden” (1660). Steen paints subtle hints that the woman is lovesick by adding Cupid in the doorway and an open bed to her right.
https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/437748<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“The Dancing Couple” (1663). Oil on canvas.
https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Jan-Havickszoon-Steen<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Jan-Havickszoon-Steen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.tripimprover.com\/blog\/rhetoricians-at-the-window-by-jan-steen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jan_Steen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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