title: Parable in Painting: ‘Room in a Dutch House’ and ‘Woman Reading’ by Pieter Janssens Elinga
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metadata.value: Podshivalova, Polina I.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-10-12T13:07:02Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-10-12T13:07:02Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-09
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metadata.value: Podshivalova, Polina. “Parable in Painting: ‘Room in a Dutch House’ and ‘Woman Reading’ by Pieter Janssens Elinga”. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Arts 11, no. 3 (2021): 494– 511.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu15.2021.307
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/33283
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metadata.value: This article proposes the hypothesis that the paintings “A Room in a Dutch House” (late
  1660s — early 1670s) and “Woman Reading” (1660) by Delft artist of genre scenes Pieter
  Janssens Elinga (1623–1682) are paired and in a mutual dialogue and the New Testament
  parable is told about Martha and Mary, as a symbol of two worldviews — contemplative and
  effective, spiritual and material. The proposed assumption is mainly justified by comparing
  biblical texts (the Gospel of Luke, the Epistle of James and others) with the figurative system of
  paintings examined and sequentially interpreted in the context of emblematic and Protestant
  thinking. Thus, upon a detailed and comprehensive examination of the painting “A Room in
  a Dutch House”, the image of Martha appears to be much more complex and paradoxical than at first glance — the imposition of a peculiar Protestant hierotopy of order on the plot canvas
  reveals a new meaning to the depicted scene. A study of paintings belonging to the beginning
  of the 17th century and dedicated to the life of Saints Martha and Mary made it possible to
  discover on the canvases of Elinga both traditional iconographic motifs and a conscious departure
  from them. Particular attention is paid to the specifics of the creative method of the
  master and his connection with the trends of the Delft school of art, especially with the work
  of Pieter de Hooch. In conditions of shortage of scientific material, this work is of scientific
  value. Thus, the interpretation proposed in the article turns the biblical parable into a link
  between the studied canvases.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Arts;Volume 11; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Dutch painting of the 17th century
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Delft art school
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: genre painting
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Pieter Janssens Elinga
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: parable
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Bible
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: New Testament
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: artistic symbol
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: emblem
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: “concept of double interpretation”
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Parable in Painting: ‘Room in a Dutch House’ and ‘Woman Reading’ by Pieter Janssens Elinga
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metadata.value: Article
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