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Hieronymus Bosch – Dancing Peasants
Paintings by the Dutch artist, Hieronymus Bosch send chills down your spine. Nightmarish scenes of eerie creatures, sinners suspended on enormous harps, nudes skating in hell, bodies mutilated with knives and spears, fire burning down entire towns, gigantic ears and a multitude of bizarre, baffling and inexplicable shapes all inhabit his canvases. There is an… Read more
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Poetry, Peacocks, Pheasants and Swans
Love teaches a young poet to compose music. He presents his song, a somewhat outdated lai, to his beloved. Not entirely content with his work and dissatisfied by his awkwardness, the poet flees and complains brazenly to Fortune. Fortuitously for him, Hope arrives and helps him to compose, a fashionable virelai to enchant his lady.… Read more
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Miniatures – Nudes, Seduction, and Exaltation
In the miniature below, a nude lady is dancing cheerfully in front of a gold background embellished with three trees. Her arms are raised in enthusiasm as she and her red-dressed companion gaze intently at the unicorn. Why is the unicorn, which has a great smile of his face, so happy to see the nude… Read more
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Miniatures – Lancelot and the Magic Carole
In my previous post, I discussed a number of miniatures of the medieval dance the carole, that appear in various versions of Le Roman de la Rose. In this post, I will look at the carole again; this time in Prose Lancelot. The term miniature can be confusing, therefore a few remarks before we start.… Read more
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Le Roman de la Rose – The Carole in the Garden of Love
Le Roman de la Rose is without doubt the most celebrated secular manuscript of the late Middle-Ages retaining an overwhelming popularity over a period of a few hundred years. This allegory of courtly love, tells the tale of a poet who, having fallen asleep, dreams about his quest to win his ideal love, a beloved… Read more
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Dance in the Margins – Romance of Alexander (2)
Secular manuscripts grew increasingly popular during the 14th century. Especially celebrated were the legends of Alexander the Great. The profusely illustrated, Romance of Alexander (MS Bodley 264) , written in the French vernacular and illustrated by the Flemish artist Jehan de Grise and his workshop between 1338 and 1344 is just one of the many… 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 