Winter Landscape with a Frozen River and Figures (1620)
20-428: Avercamp is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Hendrick Avercamp (1585–1634), Dutch painter Barent Avercamp (1612–1679), Dutch painter [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Avercamp . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
40-419: A painter to capture the effect that atmosphere has on the appearance of an object as viewed from a distance. As the distance between an object and a viewer increases, the contrast between the object and its background decreases, and the contrast of any markings or details within the object also decreases. The colours of the object also become less saturated and shift toward the colour of the atmosphere, which
60-509: A sine-wave grating . A person's contrast sensitivity function is contrast sensitivity as a function of spatial frequency . Normally, peak contrast sensitivity is at about four cycles per degree of visual angle . At higher spatial frequencies, comprising finer and finer lines, contrast sensitivity decreases, until at about forty cycles per degree even the brightest of bright lines and the darkest of dark lines cannot be seen. The high spatial frequencies in an image give it fine details. Reducing
80-461: Is bluish when sunlit, but will shift to other colours under certain conditions (for instance, reddish around sunrise and sunset or saturated during fog ). (One caution: in common speech, the words perspective and viewpoint tend to be used interchangeably; however, in art, aerial perspective does not imply an aerial viewpoint , such as that forming the basis of the aerial landscape genre. The example by Frans Koppelaar pictured here shows
100-449: Is consistent with the landscapes of Pieter Bruegel the Elder . Avercamp painted landscapes with a high horizon and many figures who were working on something. Many of his paintings are narrative-based, with many anecdotes. For instance, included in the painting Winter Landscape with Skaters are several prurient details: a couple making love, naked buttocks, and a peeing male. Avercamp used
120-574: The Mona Lisa , and The Last Supper , introducing a technique to paint the effect accurately that was adopted by his followers, the Leonardeschi . Art historians note that it is lacking in works by some artists of the same period, such as Raphael , although he adopted the use of sfumato that was introduced by Leonardo at the same time. Aerial perspective was used in paintings from the Netherlands in
140-561: The Mauritshuis in The Hague . From November 20, 2009, to February 15, 2010, the Rijksmuseum presented an exhibition of his work entitled The "Little Ice Age". Aerial perspective Aerial perspective , or atmospheric perspective , refers to the effect the atmosphere has on the appearance of an object as viewed from a distance. As the distance between an object and a viewer increases,
160-693: The Pompeian Styles , dating as early as 30 BCE. Notable examples include the Garden Room Fresco from the Villa of Livia in Prima Porta , Italy, and the first century Pompeian fresco Paris on Mount Ida . With varying degrees of accuracy, explanations of the effects of atmospheric perspective were written by polymaths such as Leon Battista Alberti and Leonardo da Vinci . The latter used aerial perspective in many of his paintings such as The Annunciation ,
180-509: The contrast between the object and its background decreases, and the contrast of any markings or details within the object also decreases. The colours of the object also become less saturated and shift toward the background colour, which is usually bluish, but may be some other colour under certain conditions (for instance, reddish around sunrise or sunset ). Atmospheric perspective was used in Pompeian Second Style frescos, one of
200-528: The albums of collectors. The Royal Collection has an outstanding collection of his works. Avercamp was born in Amsterdam , where he studied with the Danish-born portrait painter Pieter Isaacsz (1569–1625), and perhaps also with David Vinckboons , who was a follower of Pieter Brueghel the Elder . In 1608 he moved from Amsterdam to Kampen in the province of Overijssel . Avercamp was mute and probably deaf, he
220-406: The background sky light. Sky light usually contains more light of short wavelength than other wavelengths (this is why the sky usually appears blue), which is why distant objects appear bluish. The ability of a person with normal visual acuity to see fine details is determined by contrast sensitivity . Contrast sensitivity is the reciprocal of the smallest contrast for which a person can see
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#1732858420313240-548: The basis of sketches he had made in the winter. Avercamp was famous even from abroad for his winter landscapes. The passion for painting skating characters probably came from his childhood as he practiced skating with his parents. The last quarter of the 16th century, during which Avercamp was born, was one of the coldest periods of the Little Ice Age . The Flemish painting tradition is mainly expressed in Avercamp's early work. This
260-436: The contrast of all spatial frequencies. In art, especially painting, aerial perspective or atmospheric perspective refers to the technique of creating an illusion of depth by depicting distant objects as paler, less detailed, and usually bluer than near objects. This technique was introduced in painting by Leonardo da Vinci to portray what was observed in nature and evident in his interest in optics. The technique allows
280-416: The contrast of an image reduces the visibility of these high spatial frequencies because contrast sensitivity for them already is poor. This is how a reduction of contrast can reduce the clarity of an image—by removing its fine details. Reducing the contrast is not the same as blurring an image. Blurring is accomplished by reducing the contrast only of the high spatial frequencies. Aerial perspective reduces
300-423: The fifteenth century. The major component affecting the appearance of objects during daylight is scattering of light, called sky light , into the line of sight of the viewer. Scattering occurs from molecules of the air and also from larger particles in the atmosphere such as water vapour and smoke. Scattering adds the sky light as a veiling luminance onto the light from the object, reducing its contrast with
320-418: The painting technique of aerial perspective . The depth is suggested by a change of color in the distance. To the front objects are painted in richer colors, such as trees or a boat, while farther objects are lighter. This technique strengthens the impression of depth in the painting. Sometimes Avercamp used paper frames, which were a cheap alternative to oil paintings. He first drew with pen and ink. This work
340-446: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Avercamp&oldid=1003130316 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Monitored short pages Hendrick Avercamp Hendrick Avercamp (January 27, 1585 (bapt.) – May 15, 1634 (buried))
360-692: Was a Dutch painter during the Dutch Golden Age of painting . He was one of the earliest landscape painters of the 17th-century Dutch school, he specialized in painting the Netherlands in winter. His paintings are colorful and lively, with carefully crafted images of the people in the landscape. His works give a vivid depiction of sport and leisure in the Netherlands in the beginning of the 17th century. Many of Avercamp's paintings feature people ice skating on frozen lakes. Avercamp's work enjoyed great popularity and he sold his drawings, many of which were tinted with water-color, as finished pictures to be pasted into
380-658: Was known as "de Stomme van Kampen" (the mute of Kampen). He also had a nephew Barent Avercamp (1621-1679) who was also a painter and who imitated Hendrick's style of painting. Avercamp lived his entire life through the Eighty Years' war , where the young Dutch Republic resisted in a war against the Spanish Habsburgs . He died in Kampen and was interred there in the Sint Nicolaaskerk . Avercamp probably painted in his studio on
400-516: Was then covered with finishing paint. The contours of the drawing remained. Even with this technique, Avercamp could show the pale wintry colors and nuances of the ice. Avercamp has also painted cattle and seascapes. Later in his life drawing the atmosphere was also important in his work. Avercamp produced about a hundred paintings. The bulk of his artwork can be seen in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and
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