Skaters, Kolf Players, and Sleighs on a Frozen River with a Ship at right and a Dike at left (detail), 1624, Hendrick Avercamp. Translucent and opaque watercolor and pen and brown ink, over traces of graphite, with pen and brown ink framing lines. Getty Museum
Frozen in Time: The Politics of 17th-Century Dutch Landscapes
GETTY CENTER
Sunday, July 28, 2024, at 2 pm
The Getty Center and Online
Free | Advance ticket required
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The exhibition On Thin Ice: Dutch Depictions of Extreme Weather tells a story of persistent global cooling in the 17th-century and shows how artists underscored the fundamental uncertainty of life and the necessity for adaptation in their depictions of ice skating and fishing. This panel discussion invites experts to deep dive into the meaning of landscape depictions. Rather than seeing these landscapes as merely descriptive, the speakers engage with allegorical interpretations to address political, social, and technological concerns. Following individual presentations, a roundtable discussion moderated by Getty curator Stephanie Schrader explores the varied and nuanced analyses of Dutch landscapes, specifically those by artist Hendrick Avercamp.
SPEAKERS
Alec Aldrich, Kress Institutional Fellow, Leiden University and PhD candidate at University of California, Santa Barbara
Isabella Lores Chavez, associate curator of European Paintings at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Sarah Mallory, assistant curator, Morgan Library and Museum, New York