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Chronicles – Le Bal des Ardents (1)
1393. At a feast held by King Charles VI and Queen Isabeau of Bavaria in honour of the wedding of one of the queen’s ladies-in-waiting, the king together with five courtiers, dressed up as Wild Men to perform a masquerade or, others say, a charivari as part of the court entertainment. Their hairy costumes, which… Read more
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Dance Images in Devotional Manuscripts
Dance images are not the first thing you think about when browsing through a devotional or liturgical manuscript. And yet within these countless illuminated manuscripts, dance and dancers appear from time to time, not only, as I discussed in my previous two blogs, in The Hours of the Virgin, but also in other sections of… Read more
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Book of Hours – Dancing Shepherds
During the Middle-Ages and early Renaissance every person of renown and every person who had any means, possessed a book for personal devotion; a Book of Hours. This, to use a contemporary term, ‘bestseller’ contained a section called The Hours of the Virgin, a set of prayers for each of the canonical hours. It was… Read more
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Book of Hours – Nativity Scene
Some of the most radiant arts works of the 15th century are to be found in illuminated manuscripts. These exquisite books were treasured and have been meticulously conserved. They, contrary to many medieval and renaissance art works, have retained their original brilliance. Whether devotional or secular, these manuscripts commissioned by wealthy patrons, are artistic gems.… Read more
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The Dance around the Golden Calf
In one of the oldest streets in Amsterdam, stands an historic building embellished with a gable stone illustrating the Dance around the Golden Calf. This narrow street, once part of an elite neighbourhood where various mayors and the composer Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck resided, is nowadays situated in the centre of the red light district. The… Read more
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Hieronymus Bosch – The Dance around the Golden Calf
In the central panel of the triptych The Temptation of Saint Anthony, stands the ruins of a tower; the top tier shows the hand of God handing the Tablets of Law to Moses and immediately below are the most extraordinary dance figures in all of Bosch’s paintings. Bosch has painted, as if in low relief,… Read more
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About me
As a young aspiring dancer I loved to ponder over the magnificent paintings created by Edgar Degas. How his ballerinas inspired me. The atmosphere of the Paris Opera, the beautiful tutus and the hard working dancers never failed to trigger my imagination. As the years past, I retained my love of dance, of Degas, of art, and developed an interest in knowing more about the cross fertilization between art and dance.
DANCE IMAGES IN THE ART OF THE NETHERLANDS 