Showing posts with label Dutch Painters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dutch Painters. Show all posts

Thursday, 21 January 2010

Girl with a Pearl Earring...and Eduardo Serra

Yesterday, I have told I was at Mauritshuis, seeing the painting from Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring.

Remember the movie?

Girl with a Pearl Earring



The beautiful photography of this film is from the portuguese Eduardo Serra, for which he won the following awards:

2004 - Girl with a Pearl Earring Best European Cinematographer - European Film Academy
2003 - Girl with a Pearl Earring Best Photography Festival de San Sebastian
2003 - Girl with a Pearl Earring Bronze frog - Camerimage Lodz - Polónia

"Eduardo Serra (born 2 October 1943) is a cinematographer from Lisbon, Portugal, twice nominated for Academy Awards for Best Cinematography.
From 1960 to 1963, Serra studied engineering at Lisbon's Instituto Superior Técnico, but he had to leave the country after his involvement in students' protests against Salazar's dictatorship. He settled in France, where he was accepted to Vaugirard film school in Paris; he graduated in 1966. In 1970 he got his second degree from the University of Paris-Sorbonne, in Art History and Archeology.[1]
Eduardo Serra received Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography for his work on The Wings of the Dove (1997) and Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003). He has also received BAFTA nominations for his work in these films.
In 2004 Eduardo Serra received the Ordem do Infante D. Henrique, a civilian award presented for services to Portuguese culture, from President Jorge Sampaio.
He will provide the photography for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, released 2010 and 2011."

(From Wikipedia)

Wednesday, 20 January 2010

A Daybreak in Den Haag

Hoje estive em Haia. É a única cidade neerlandesa que me faz lembrar Lisboa, pelos lindos edifícios do século XIX, pelos exemplares de Arte Nova (lembro-me logo das nossas Avenidas Novas), pelos eléctricos, pelas avenidas largas...

Hoje fui a muitos locais, o que sempre acontece quando vou a Haia...
Ficam alguns registos desta cidade que gosto muito...

De Passage

From Haia


From Haia


" De Passage was built between 1882 and 1885. The three covered streets Spuistraat, Buitenhof and Hofweg converge in a rotunda with a skylight, a mix of neo-Renaissance and expressionist styles. " (http://www.holland.com/global/destinations/thehague/shopping/passage.jsp)

Mauritshuis...

onde está o quadro Rapariga com Brinco de Pérola...e que hoje, vi pela primeira vez, sem estar à espera. Um quadro que sempre desejei ver. Vermeer é um dos meus pintores preferidos e fiquei-me por ali, a admirar a obra, e depois a Vista de Delft, que tambem adoro. :-)

From Haia


"The Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis (English: "Maurice House") is an art museum in The Hague, the Netherlands. Previously the residence of count John Maurice of Nassau, it now has a large art collection, including paintings by Dutch painters such as Johannes Vermeer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Steen, Paulus Potter and Frans Hals and works of the German painter Hans Holbein the Younger."

(From Wikipedia)

Este museu, cuja atmosfera me lembra o nosso Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, fica ao pé do Binnenhof.

From Haia


"The Binnenhof (Dutch, literally "inner court"), is a complex of buildings in The Hague. It has been the location of meetings of the Staten-Generaal, the Dutch parliament, since 1446, and has been the centre of Dutch politics for many centuries."

(From Wikipedia)

Haia, a cidade onde a Coroa está sempre muito presente...;)

From Haia


From Haia


The Prison Gate

A coroa é diferente porque e uma coroa condal. É a coroa do Conde da Holanda, a cuja figura o edifício esta associado.

"Early 15th century the Prison Gate, the main gate to the Binnenhof, is used as a prison by the Count of Holland. A century later the Court of Holland extends the gate with a court for criminal law. Since then suspects were not only detained in the Prison Gate awaiting their trial, but were tried there as well. Only as late as the 19th century the last prisoner was released and the Prison Gate became a museum."
(Fonte: http://www.denhaag.nl/en/expats-and-students/to/The-History-of-the-Prison-Gate.htm)

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"The Hague is the seat of government, but not the capital of the Netherlands, a role set aside by the Dutch constitution for Amsterdam.
The Hague is the home of the States-General of the Netherlands. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands lives and works in The Hague. All foreign embassies and government ministries are located in the city, as well as the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Supreme Court), the Raad van State (Council of State) and many lobbying organisations.
The Hague is also the de facto judicial capital of the United Nations, being the location of its primary judicial institutions."

(From Wikipedia)

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Hoje o dia foi particularmente bonito e positivo :-) um conjunto de pequenas coisas, aqui e ali...I bought a ticket to the world..., como diriam os Spandau Ballet, em True...

(Já vos tinha dito que gosto muito de ouvir Spandau Ballet e Lisa Ekdahl quando viajo de comboio? Não tinha dito, pois não? :-)

Lisa Ekdahl, Daybreak



Boa Semana! :-)

Tuesday, 29 July 2008

Vincent Van Gogh

A 29 de Julho de 1890,em França,falecia Vincent Van Gogh,dois dias depois de ter dado um tiro no seu próprio peito.Tinha 37 anos.
Seis meses mais tarde,falecia o seu irmão e grande amigo,Teo Van Gogh, que sempre apoiou a genialidade da pintura de Vincent.

Vendeu um único quadro na vida.Hoje é uma referência mundial da pintura, considerado pioneiro na ligação das tendências impressionistas às aspiracões modernistas desta arte que embeleza o mundo.

Quem era este grande nome da pintura neerlandesa?

Um homem que sofria de problemas psicológicos e psiquiátricos (dizia-se que de esquizofrenia), que não conseguiu criar a sua própria família e que foi sustentado financeiramente pelo irmão Théo.
Vincent, o homem errante, que andou por diversas cidades, como Paris.
Vincent, o bebedor de absinto e grande amigo de Paul Gauguin.
Vincent que cortou a sua orelha, num episódio de violência contra si próprio.
Vincent que pede, em 1889, para ser internado na clínica psiquiátrica do Mosteiro de Saint Paul na Provença.

E sempre, o Génio.

Viveu em Arles,no Sul de França.Pinta Terraço de Café em Arles à Noite em 1888.
Pinta outros quadros maravilhosos,inclusivie na clínica psiquiátrica.

O pintor que ao falecer disse "La tristesse durera toujours" deixou quadro plenos de vitalidade, alegria e leveza.

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