Tag Archives: Netherlands

1922: Seek the Kingdom of Heaven through Contempt of the World

Posted on December 21, 2019 by corvusfugit

Melchior Lechter’s frontispiece, title page, and first chapter title page for a 1922 edition of Thomas à Kempis’s Imitation of Christ. Written in the early 15th century, the work promotes piety, simplicity, and devotion as the key to a personal … Continue reading →

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1918: Young Crow

Posted on September 19, 2019 by corvusfugit

Jan Mankes: Jonge kraai (1918)

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1912: Woudster Road near Oranjewoud

Posted on May 26, 2019 by corvusfugit

Jan Mankes: Woudster Road near Oranjewoud (1912)

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1838: Gothic

Posted on May 26, 2019 by corvusfugit

Hubertus van Hove: A Couple in Front of a Gothic Building (1838)

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1675: Lightning

Posted on May 4, 2019 by corvusfugit

Francisque Millet: Mountain Landscape with Lightning (c. 1675)

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1943: Self-Portrait

Posted on May 1, 2019 by corvusfugit

Today is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Heinz Geiringer was a Jewish teenager in Amsterdam when the Nazis invaded the city in 1940. For two years, the family lived in hiding, with Heinz’s sister and mother separating from him and … Continue reading →

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1943: Workers and Paintings

Posted on March 3, 2019 by corvusfugit

Honoré Sharrer: Workers and Paintings (1943) I can’t identify all the paintings in this painting. Leave a comment if you can fill in the blanks: Hugo Gellert : Free Man’s Duties (No 4) (1943) Jean-François … Continue reading →

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2001: Nothing But Black Space

Posted on July 22, 2018 by corvusfugit

In a 2001 study, Tim and Virginia Kasser analyzed the dreams of people who had been assessed as either highly materialistic or non-materialistic. They asked the participants to share “the two most meaningful, memorable, or powerful dreams they remembered in … Continue reading →

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1660: Theory

Posted on June 3, 2018 by corvusfugit

The 17th century Dutch minister Johan Picard spent several years in Drenthe, where he became interested in the ancient stone structures that could still be seen in the area. His research eventually led to the publication of his book A … Continue reading →

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1535: Panorama

Posted on December 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Maerten van Heemskerck: Panorama with the Abduction of Helen Amidst the Wonders of the Ancient World (1535); click for detail.

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