C.C. van Haarlem (1562-1638)The painter Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem came from a prosperous family. When his parents fled Haarlem in 1572, as the Spanish army laid siege to the city, Cornelis remained behind and was raised by the painter Pieter Pietersz, his first teacher. Around 1584 Cornelis met Hendrick Goltzius and Karel van Mander with whom he set up the Haarlem Academy. Together with these painters, Cornelis van Haarlem represented the Dutch brand of Mannerism; they painted figures - often nude - in unusual positions and twisted poses. Besides work with a religious and mythologicalClassical mythology'Mythology' comes from the Greek word 'muthos', meaning the spoken word, or story. A myth is a story about gods or deities. Mythology is all the stories combined. In theory, all cultures have their own mythology. Usually, however, the word mythology refers to the stories of classical antiquity. In these the main protagonists are the gods of Greece and Rome. basis, Cornelis also painted portraits, kitchen paintings and still lifes. |
