| June 18, 2002 |
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This  17th-century painter captured the poetry and serenity of churches in his native Holland. This site from the Getty Museum showcases Saenredam's beautiful work and inimitable vision by featuring sketches and paintings of his hometown (Haarlem) church of St. Bavokerk, as well as St. Catharinakerk and other churches in Utrecht, a city that boasted more churches than any other in Holland. While Rembrandt and other masters of the Dutch Golden Age of art concentrated on people and landscapes, Saenredam explored the architecture of places of worship. His paintings emphasizes the stark, clean lines of the structures, bathed in sunlight and usually devoid of human figures, and have a spiritual, meditative quality about them. |
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