National Gallery of Art, 2007. — 163 p.This teaching packet is a project of the National Gallery of Art, department of education publications. Writers Carla Brenner, Jennifer Riddell, and Barbara Moore extend sincere thanks to colleagues at the Gallery: curator of northern baroque paintings Arthur Wheelock, exhibition research assistants Jephta Dullaart and Ginny Treanor, and curatorial assistant Molli Kuenstner, who generously shared books and expertise; head of the education division Lynn Pearson Russell; editor Ulrike Mills and designer Chris Vogel; and fellow staff members Ira Bartfield, Barbara Bernard, Ricardo Blanc, Bob Grove, Peter Huestis, Greg Jecmen, Leo Kasun, Yuri Long, Donna Mann, Marjorie McMahon, Rachel Richards, Carrie Scharf, Neal Turtell, and Barbara Woods. We also thank our colleague Anna Tummers, lecturer in art history, University of Amsterdam, for her original manuscript, sustained collaboration, and precise editorial comments, which have nurtured this book to its final form.Contents
How to Use This Book
Map
Profile of the Dutch Republic
In Focus: A Dutch Stalwart
In Focus: Armada for Independence
Feature: America’s Dutch Heritage
A Golden Age for the Arts
Feature: Inside Dutch Paintings
In Focus: A Life in Balance
In Focus: The True Leading Star
Life in the City and Countryside
In Focus: Inside Dutch Churches
Feature: A Vegetable Market
In Focus: Love and Foolishness
In Focus: Country Estates and Manors
Feature: Dutch Dishes
Landscape Painting
In Focus: Landscapes of Harmony
Genre Painting
In Focus: Subtleties and Ambiguities
In Focus: The Poetry of Everyday Subjects
Still-Life Painting
In Focus: Luxury and Lessons
Feature: Flowers and Flower Painting
In Focus: A Full Bouquet
Portraiture
In Focus: A Learned Maid
Feature: Rembrandt Self-Portraits
History Painting
In Focus: Moses and the Dutch
In Focus: A Moment of Moral Dilemma
Talking about Pictures
Dutch Artists of the Seventeenth Century
Chronology
Resources, Print and Online
List of Slides and Reproductions
Glossary
