Why did Dutch painters in the 1600’s turn away from religious subjects to focus on still life depicting table top scenes, food,

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Ivahew [28]

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Why did Dutch painters in the 1600’s turn away from religious subjects to focus on still life depicting table top scenes, food,

and flowers?

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slamgirl [31] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-23T21:34:47+03:00

Answer: The other traditional classes of history and portrait painting were present, but withe the Protestant Reformation and a breakaway from the Catholic Church across much of Europe, the period is more notable for a huge variety of other genres, sub-divided into numerous specialized categories, such as scenes of peasant life, landscapes, scenery, objects, still life and portraiture.

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Setler79 [48] · Answer 2 · 2022-04-23T20:03:59+03:00

The other traditional classes of history and portrait painting were present, but the period is more notable for a huge variety of other genres, sub-divided into numerous specialized categories, such as scenes of peasant life, landscapes, townscapes, landscapes with animals, maritime paintings, flower paintings and still lifes of various types.