Jan Steen: Painter and Storyteller

by H. Perry Chapman, Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., Wouter Kloek

Jan Steen, the quintessential seventeenth-century Dutch painter, set himself apart from other painters with an astonishing range of brushwork skills and diversity of themes and genres. This lavishly illustrated book shows Steen`s consummate skill as painter and storyteller, reassesses the artist in the context of his times, and presents the most comprehensive biographical profile of Steen yet published.

Genres: Art, History, Nonfiction

272 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Cornelis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Important motives that are not being viewed as relevant are:

- the drinking glass is in fact a glass that starts an abortion
- any musical instrument stands for a woman's body that is tortured
- red and black often stand for a child that is done away
- blue and yellow denote hatefulness
- a parrot is a woman, hopping from one man to the other
- a pipe signifies the joy of men that the children are gone
- the 'krakeling' was used in a game between a man and a woman
- the number of displayed fingers is ten, or there was an error 'in the making'...
- an open mouth is a sign of depravity
etc. etc. etc.

There are too many of these clues not being recognized.

[Harley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great artist