Movement and Style

“An Architectural Fantasy” was created by Jan van der Hayeden in the year 1670; “A Scene on the Ice” was created by Hendrick Avercamp in the year 1625. Both paintings are from the 17th century, they were also painted by Dutch artists. Since they are from a similar culture and time period they are both inspired by the same movement. Movement in art can be described as a tendency or style with a specific common philosophy during a certain period of time. In these paintings the movement that they were inspired by is “Realism”, Realism is depiction of subjects as they appear in everyday life. In Hayeden’s painting there is shown people doing every day things, they are not used for interpretation. In Avercamps painting there are also people doing activities for fun or for work purpose, but these activities are not uncommon and can be preformed.
When it comes to art styles, they both use a "representational" style, which means the work depicts something easily recognized by most people. When we see Avercamp’s painting we know that there are people doing activities such as walking, sitting, even begging. Since we can recognize these activities it makes the art “Representational”. In Hayeden’s painting there are people skating, playing sports, and working; as mentioned before this also creates a style called “Representational”.
Both artists used similar styles and were inspired by the same movement. The artists both painted in the 17th century, and most if not all of the Dutch artist utilized these techniques, setting a distinguished art style.