Sydney has stopped at the painting Twelfth Night by Jan Steen for today’s episode. The painting shows a lively party, so listen to Sydney tackle the 15 people depicted, the background, and foreground. She also talks about texture, her thoughts on the inebriated, and how the past links to the present through something crucial.
The sources used for the information on Jan Steen are
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/jan-steen-6956.php#:~:text=Jan%20Steen%20was%20born%2C%20in%201626%2C%20in%20Leiden%2C,was%20the%20eldest%20of%20the%20couple%E2%80%99s%20eight%20children
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jan-Havickszoon-Steen
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.1220.pdf
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/our-collection/our-masters/jan-steen/
Gudlaugsson, S. (1945). The Comedians in the work of Jan Steen and his Contemporaries
Liedtke, W. (2007). Dutch Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Steen, Jan Havicksz". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press
https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1901.html
The transcript of this episode can be found at https://longlivebatart.tumblr.com/post/723414926218100736/episode-2-twelfth-night
Artist biography: 0:36
Description of art: 3:51
Thoughts: 15:40
Challenge: 17:29
