Thematic tour: Italy as seen by the Dutch and Flemish

What did the Dutch and northern Alpine painters bring to Italy in terms of artistic practices that were hitherto unusual in the artistic centres of Rome, Florence and Venice?

Why did landscape painting receive new and unprecedented attention from the 15th century onwards? What role did the Dutch and Flemish painters who lived in Italy play?
Why were Italian landscapes so popular in the Netherlands? To what extent were the ruins depicted, and nature itself, idealised or real?

Learn to distinguish between depictions of arches and vedute. Join art historian Martina Liebethal, who has lived in Florence and Rome and researched 17th-century Dutch, Flemish, Italian and other artists' depictions of nature. You will learn who the Bentvueghels were, who the Bamboccianti were and why landscape painting was able to develop as an independent genre in the 16th century.