32-1055: Mander may refer to: Mander (surname) , a list of people so named Mander, Overijssel , a village in Overijssel, Netherlands Mander baronets , a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Mander Brothers , a company based in Wolverhampton, England (1773–1998) Mander language , a nearly extinct Papuan language of Indonesia Mander Organs , an English pipe organ maker and refurbisher based in London Martin Ander , Swedish graphic designer, illustrator and artist known as Mander Mander Auctioneers , Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers, based in Sudbury, Suffolk Topics referred to by
64-552: A heightened richness of detail. The dissemination of the engravings of Goltzius went hand in hand with the new practice of art theorisation that was new to the 16th century and in which Karel van Mander played an important role. He received budding artists in his home for evenings of communal drawing and study of classical mythology. After the iconoclasm of the Calvinists , religious themes had gone out of fashion and mythology had become popular. However, few painters could afford
96-544: A pious mennonite. His earliest works were biblical plays that he wrote while still in Flanders. These have not been preserved. His first spiritual writings are contained in De Gulden Harpe , published in 1597. This poetry volume consists of rather longwinded versification of biblical stories that were intended to educate readers with biblical words. His style developed under the influence of his translation (from
128-861: A significant role in the spread and development of Northern Mannerism in the Dutch Republic. Most of the information about Karel van Mander's life is based on a brief and anonymous biographical sketch included in the posthumous second edition of the Schilder-boeck published in 1618 by Jacob Pietersz Wachter. It is not certain who wrote this biographical sketch with the title t Geslacht, de geboort, plaets, tydt, leven, ende wercken van Karel van Mander, schilder, en poeet, mitsgaders zyn overlyden, ende begraeffenis (The lineage, birth, place, time, life, and works of Karel van Mander, painter and poet, including his death and burial). Various candidates have been proposed including his brother Adam van Mander and
160-491: A surname [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Mander . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mander_(surname)&oldid=1187696843 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
192-457: A trip to Italy such as the one that van Mander had undertaken. His purpose was to educate young painters in the proper artistic techniques. He was a firm believer in the hierarchy of genres . It was his firm belief that only through proper study of existing works it was possible to realize true-to-life historical allegories. His own works included mannerist mythological subjects, but also portraits and genre paintings influenced by Pieter Bruegel
224-568: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mander (surname) Mander is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Mander family , a prominent family in the Midland counties of England Charles Arthur Mander (1884–1951), public servant, philanthropist and manufacturer Charles Marcus Mander , 3rd Baronet (1921–2006), industrialist, property developer, landowner and farmer; son of
256-578: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Karel van Mander Karel van Mander (I) or Carel van Mander I (May 1548 – 2 September 1606) was a Flemish painter , playwright , poet , art historian and art theoretician , who established himself in the Dutch Republic in the latter part of his life. He is mainly remembered as a biographer of Early Netherlandish painters and Northern Renaissance artists in his Schilder-boeck . As an artist and art theoretician he played
288-407: Is the version van Mander probably studied. He set about translating this work into Dutch and it was during this project that he was offered the commission to inventory Haarlem's art collection, a job that resulted in the chapters of his book on Early Netherlandish painters. In both books, the lives of the painters are told in the standard "Vita di ..." manner of Catholic saints, extolling the virtues of
320-542: The satisfactie van Haarlem , which gave Catholics equal rights to Protestants, had been overturned in 1578. Van Mander used his work on the commission in his "Schilder-boeck". While in Haarlem he continued to paint, concentrating his energy on his favourite genre: historical allegories. In 1603 he rented a fortified manor ("het Huis te Zevenbergen"), later renamed Kasteel Marquette in Heemskerk to proofread his book that
352-629: The Elder , such as the Kermis in the Hermitage Museum . Relatively few paintings by him survive. As a writer van Mander worked in various genres: drama, poetry, songs, biography and art theory. He also translated classical literature. His literary production reflects the two sides of his intellectual and spiritual interests: the humanism of the Renaissance and the religious convictions of
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#1732775991325384-612: The French) of classical literature such as the Iliad and, in particular, the Bucolica en Georgica of Virgil . He abandoned the heavy style of the rhetoricians for the jambs of Virgil in his bundle of spiritual songs published in 1613 after his death under the title Bethlehem dat is het Broodhuys . Karel van Mander's Schilder-boeck , written in 17th century Dutch and published in Haarlem in 1604 by Passchier van Wesbusch, describes
416-626: The National Union of Teachers Graham Mander (1931–2021), New Zealand yachtsman Jerry Mander (1936–2023), American activist and author Karel van Mander (1548–1606), Flemish-born Dutch painter, poet and biographer Karel van Mander the Younger (1579–1623), Dutch painter and son of the above Karel van Mander III (1609–1670), Dutch painter and son of the above Lew Mander (1939–2020), New Zealand organic chemist Noel Mander (1912–2005), British organ builder and founder of
448-687: The Parisian blood wedding of 1572 in the Palazzo Spada in Terni . He also received commissions for frescoes with landscapes from several cardinals. He studied and became proficient in the painting of grotesques during his Roman residence. His biographical sketch refers to van Mander as the discoverer of "caves" in Rome. This may be a reference to the Catacombs of Rome although the exact meaning of
480-857: The above Charles Tertius Mander (1852–1929), industrialist, philanthropist and public servant Francis Mander (1849–1942), New Zealand politician Geoffrey Mander (1882–1962), industrialist, art collector and politician Jane Mander (1877–1949), New Zealand novelist and journalist; daughter of Francis Mander Sir Nicholas Mander, 4th Baronet (born 1950), son of Charles Marcus Mander John Mander (1932–1978), poet, political commentator and cultural critic Miles Mander (1888–1946), English character actor, film director and producer, playwright and novelist Damien Mander (born 1979), Royal Australian Navy diver and sniper turned anti-poaching crusader Francesco Mander (1915–2004), Italian conductor and composer Frederick Mander (1883–1964), British headmaster, trade unionist and General Secretary of
512-455: The author Gerbrand Adriaensz. Bredero . It has been argued more recently that his son Karel van Mander the Younger was the author of the biographical. He would have relied on biographical information that Karel van Mander had written himself as well as on his own recollections and notes. The information in the biographical sketch is not entirely reliable but is still regarded as the best source of information on van Mander's life. Van Mander
544-526: The drawings which were important in disseminating the Mannerist style. Van Mander, Goltzius and Cornelis van Haarlem became known as the "Haarlem Mannerists" and artists from other towns joined the movement. Their pictorial language was characterised by a strong awareness of style and cultivated elegance. They strove for artful ingenuity rather than naturalism. They also had a preference for depicting exaggeratedly brawny musclemen, violent drama, wild fantasy and
576-406: The early biographers who used material from his Schilder-boeck for their biographical sketches of Netherlandish painters. His book is still the most-cited primary source in biographical accounts of the lives of many artists he included. Of most interest to art historians is his criticism of the work of these artists, especially when he describes the location and owner of the paintings, thus becoming
608-538: The firm Mander Organs Peter Mander (1928–1998), New Zealand yachtsman and 1956 Olympic gold medalist Richard Yates Mander (1862–1917), English organist and composer Roger Mander (died 1704), English academic administrator at the University of Oxford Tim Mander (born 1961), Australian politician and Australian former rugby league referee Ülo Mander (born 1954), Estonian ecologist, geographer and educator See also [ edit ] Manders ,
640-640: The life and work of more than 250 painters, both historical and contemporary, and explains contemporary art theory for aspiring painters. During his travels and stay in Italy, van Mander had read and was influenced by Giorgio Vasari 's famous biographical accounts of painters in his book Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects , often referred to as the Vite . It was published in 1550 and republished in 1568 with woodcuts, which
672-502: The nature of the academy was more of a literary nature. He had an important impact on art in the Dutch Republic when in 1585 he showed his friend Hendrick Goltzius drawings by Bartholomeus Spranger. Spranger was then the leading artist of Northern Mannerism and was based in Prague as the court artist of emperor Rudolf II. These drawings had a galvanising effect on Goltzius whose style was influenced by them. Goltzius made engravings of
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#1732775991325704-440: The painter Jan Martszen de Jonge ), Jacob Martsen (genre painter), Jacob van Musscher , Hendrik Gerritsz Pot and François Venant . Van Mander was further influential on art writing in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Cornelis de Bie ( Gulden Cabinet , 1662), Joachim von Sandrart ( Teutsche Akademie , 1675), Filippo Baldinucci ( Notizie de' Professori , 1681), and Arnold Houbraken ( Schouburg , 1720) are some of
736-536: The painters one by one in several chapters. In van Mander's book many entries on Italian painters were simply translated or adapted from the Italian Vite , but the biographical details on early Netherlandish painters and, in particular the Haarlem painters, are unique and gathered during van Mander's commission. Karel van Mander's book also contains an interpretation of the stories in Ovid 's Metamorphoses . This
768-523: The plague and other reasons. In Bruges, he worked with the painter Paul Weyts. Because of the threat of religious troubles and the plague, Karel fled with his family and his mother-in-law by ship to the Dutch Republic where he settled in Haarlem in the province of Holland in 1583. Here he worked for 20 years on a commission by the Haarlem city fathers to inventory "their" art collection. The city of Haarlem had confiscated all Catholic religious art after
800-452: The reference is unclear. In Rome he may also have come into contact with fellow Flemish painter Bartholomeus Spranger , who left Rome in 1575 for Vienna to enter into the service of the emperor. On his return journey he passed through Vienna, where, together with Spranger and the sculptor Hans Mont , he made the triumphal arch for the royal entry of the emperor Rudolf II . Van Mander settled back in his native Meulebeke in 1578 where he
832-409: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mander . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mander&oldid=1259015410 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
864-457: The writing of religious plays for which he also painted the scenery. He built quite a reputation in Flanders with his theatre productions. In 1573 he travelled to Rome in the company of some young nobles. He stayed in Rome for more than three years. There he was active as a painter and became acquainted with patronage. For the Italian count Michelangelo Spada he made some frescoes with scenes of
896-513: Was active as a painter and writer. He married an 18-year-old local girl, with whom he had a son. In 1580 he left for Kortrijk due to religious troubles caused by Catholic zealots in Meulebeke. Karel van Mander had at some point become a Mennonite and was therefore a possible target of these zealots. In Kortrijk he got a commission for an altar piece. In Kortrijk another son was born. He left Kortrijk for Bruges in 1582 because of an outbreak of
928-614: Was born into a noble family in Meulebeke , in the County of Flanders . He studied under Lucas de Heere in Ghent . De Heere was a versatile artist who was painter, watercolorist, print artist, biographer, playwright, poet and writer. During the period 1568-1569 van Mander studied with the painter Pieter Vlerick in Kortrijk . The next five years he was less occupied with painting than with
960-566: Was meant as an aid to artists who wished to paint mythological themes rather than religious ones. Symbolism was very important in painting at the time, and the use of Ovid's characters, combined with the proper use of artistic symbolism allowed the artist to tell a specific story. The last chapter of the Schilder-Boeck describes the meaning of animals and other figures. Van Mander was the master of Frans Hals . Frans Hals appears not to have shared van Mander's view that history painting
992-471: Was published in 1604. He died soon after it was published in Amsterdam at the age of 58. Karel van Mander was the founder, together with Hubertus Goltzius and Cornelis van Haarlem , of an "academy to study after life". It is not entirely clear what this academy did but it is believed it was an informal discussion group which may have organised drawing classes with life models. It has also been claimed that
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1024-456: Was the highest in the hierarchy of genres since Frans Hals produced almost solely portrait paintings. The Schilder-Boeck introduced Dutch artists to Italian art and encouraged them to travel, if not follow the book's instructions on Italian painting methods. Aside from his son Karel van Mander the Younger and Frans Hals, his registered pupils were Cornelis Engelsz , Everard Crynsz van der Maes , Jacobus Martens (landscape painter and father of
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