Corridors of power

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Pieter Saenredam is known as the first portraitist of achitecture, and the whole history of the artist's interpretation of architecture runs parallel with the gradual alienation of mankind from his surrounding environment and buildings. Saenredam, 1597 to 1665, was a contemporary of Rembrandt and was forgotten for centuries until his work was taken up by surrealists. The latter were absolutely fascinated but also troubled by architectural space and found Saenredam's vast church interiors with minute figures of people of much interest and relevance to their own work.

Behavior, Portrayals, Architecture, Architecture in art, Painters, Dutch, Dutch painters, Hispaniola, Saenredam, Pieter

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The burden of perfection

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Bertel Thorvaldsen was a 19th Century Danish sculptor, whom the Danes still adore. There are many of his portrait busts in UK country houses, including ten in Chatsworth alone. Copenhagen, Denmark has a Thorvaldsens Museum, a marvellous building which helps visitors to feel the greatness of Thorvaldsen. The Danes always take advantage of an opportunity to celebrate Thorvaldsen's greatness, whereas other countries might have let him be forgotten had he belonged to them. In March 1997, the two hundredth anniversary of the sculptor's arrival in Rome will be celebrated.

Biography, Sculptors, Thorvaldsen, Bertel

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First past the post

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The artist George Stubbs painted very ordinary subjects, but his works have a visionary quality which is unique among 18th century art. He was able to make reality appear to contain the intensity of myth, with his subjects taking on a sacred element. Little is known about his life, but much is portrayed through his works. He saw people and animals with great intensity, and this obliged him to see them as cut off from one another.

Influence, Artists, Stubbs, George

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