I realized I’ve been talking a lot lately about pure and pious saints. So, it’s time to lighten up by hanging out with people who know how to party–the Dutch! Scenes like this of a large group drinking and dancing were Jan Steen’s specialty.
We’ll find out what brings these country and city folks together and the naughty message behind the caged rooster!
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“A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo
Episode theme is “Achaidh Cheide” by Kevin MacLeod.
Music from https://filmmusic.io “Achaidh Cheide” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
The Dancing Couple information
Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., “Jan Steen/The Dancing Couple/1663,” Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century, NGA Online Editions, https://purl.org/nga/collection/artobject/1220 (accessed December 03, 2019).
Jan Steen: Painter and Storyteller (PDF)
https://www.nga.gov/research/publications/pdf-library/jan-steen-painter-and-storyteller.html
Slow Art Day http://www.slowartday.com