Title: The Dordrecht Museum : looking at six centuries of painting /
Authors: Noortwijk, Liesbeth van,; Matthew, Marije; Dordrechts Museum
Year: 2021
Subjects: Dordrechts Museum Catalogs.; Dordrechts Museum; Landscape painting, Dutch Catalogs.; Portrait painting, Dutch Catalogs.; Landscape painting, Dutch; Portrait painting, Dutch; Collections; Painting, Modern Catalogs
Abstract: Painting is the 'most powerful of all arts', wrote Samuel van Hoogstraten, the famous 17th century painter-writer from Dordrecht. Because with a perfect illusion, the painter can seduce, even mislead the eye. Just like the real thing can be enchanting. But a painting can also affect you for completely different reasons. It shows you the world as you have never seen it before. In the Dordrechts Museum you will find six centuries of Dutch painting under one roof. Paintings from before 1600 to contemporary art. A living collection in which old and new meet. And that is precisely why you do not get bored quickly. The pleasure of viewing is paramount in the museum's new collection book. It is not a chronological overview of movements and styles, but rather a walk with side jumps through six centuries of painting, which shows how ancient themes such as 'landscape', 'portrait' or 'storytelling' have inspired artists again and again. Paintings stand side by side in sometimes unexpected combinations that invite you to look, compare and discover new connections. Between old and new, and between different painterly views. A unique museum book to open often and to view differently each time