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Vries, Hans Vredeman de
Vries, Hans Vredeman de (1527–1606). Dutch architect, painter, decorator, and prolific writer. His engravings were widely distributed throughout Europe, and his architectural devices, derived from Serlio, made the style evolved at Fontainebleau familiar. His treatises on architecture (1565) and his pattern-books were hugely influential throughout Northern Europe, notably in England, where direct quotations of strap-work and much else informed much Elizabethan and Jacobean architecture. His published work demonstrates how important was the Flemish and Dutch contribution to Mannerism, and includes Architectura oder Bauung der Antiquen aus dem Vitruvius (1577), Variae Architecturae Formae (1601), and many other books, (e.g. Architectura (1606—a joint effort with his son, Paul (1567—after 1630) ). Smythson and Thorpe were influenced by his publications, and his designs for parterres were adopted in many places (e.g. the celebrated gardens (c.1615–20) at Heidelberg Schloss).
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Vries, Hans Vredeman de." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Vries, Hans Vredeman de." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-VriesHansVredemande.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Vries, Hans Vredeman de." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-VriesHansVredemande.html |
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Vredeman de Vries, Hans
Vredeman de Vries, Hans (b Leeuwarden, c.1527; d ?Antwerp, c.1606). Netherlandish painter, architect, engineer, and designer, active in Germany and Prague, as well as in Amsterdam, Antwerp, and The Hague. He was famous in his lifetime for his skill in illusionistic architectural decoration, but much of his work was of a temporary nature (triumphal arches for festivities and so on) and although his paintings were much admired and imitated by his contemporaries, few survive that are certainly from his own hand. An example is Palace Scene with Strolling Figures (1596, KH Mus., Vienna), which has a typically elaborate Mannerist architectural setting, with rows of columns in emphatic perspective. It is signed by Hans and his son Paul (1567–c.1630), one of several painters with whom he worked (Hans doing the architecture, his collaborator the figures). He is now remembered primarily for his many books and prints containing perspective studies of fanciful palaces, courts, gardens, furniture, and decorative work. They had wide circulation in northern Europe and had great influence on architecture and decoration.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Vredeman de Vries, Hans." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Vredeman de Vries, Hans." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-VredemandeVriesHans.html IAN CHILVERS. "Vredeman de Vries, Hans." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-VredemandeVriesHans.html |
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Vredeman de Vries, Hans
Vredeman de Vries, Hans (c.1527–c.1606). Netherlandish painter, architect, engineer, and designer, active in Germany and Prague, as well as in Amsterdam, Antwerp, and The Hague. He was famous in his lifetime for his skill in illusionistic architectural decoration, but much of his work was of a temporary nature (triumphal arches for festivities and so on) and few paintings are known by him (one of them is Christ in the House of Mary and Martha in the Royal Collection, which is set in an extremely elaborate interior). He is now remembered primarily for his many books and prints containing perspective studies of fanciful palaces, courts, gardens, furniture, and decorative work. They had wide circulation in northern Europe and had great influence on architecture and decoration.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Vredeman de Vries, Hans." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Vredeman de Vries, Hans." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-VredemandeVriesHans.html IAN CHILVERS. "Vredeman de Vries, Hans." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-VredemandeVriesHans.html |
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