Hans Vredeman de Vries

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Hans Vredeman de Vries

Hans Vredeman de Vries (* 1527 in Leeuwarden , † 1609 probably in Antwerp ) was a Dutch painter of the Renaissance , theoreticians and ( garden -) Architect .

Life

He began his training as a painter in Amsterdam and later studied in Kampen and Mechelen . In Mechelen de Vries supported the construction of the triumphal arches for the so-called "merry entry" of Charles V and Philip II. He studied the work of Vitruvius and Serlio in the translation of Pieter Coecke van Aelst . De Vries found the theory of perspective in these works fascinating and he became the ultimate perspective and architectural painter. De Vries introduced the Italian architectural style and the ornaments typical of it north of the Alps.

He continued his career in Antwerp , where he became an urban architect and expert in fortress construction. After Antwerp had been conquered by Alessandro Farnese in 1585 , he continued his work in Wolfenbüttel , where he built a canal system on behalf of Duke Julius von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , the remains of which are still present today along the Great Canal . Further stops were Hamburg and Danzig (1592). In Prague (1596) he designed the art gallery there. In 1601 he returned to the Netherlands, where he probably stayed until his death. His son Paul lived in Hamburg.

Like no other artist, his graphic pattern designs contributed to the spread of Renaissance ornaments in architecture and the applied arts. De Vries, for example, propagated the gable gable with fittings . His work is of outstanding importance for the application of the central perspective in Dutch painting. With Hendrik Hondius he published a textbook of perspective in 1604–05.

Works (excerpt)

Allegory of the takeover of Antwerp (1586)
  • Allegory of the surrender of Antwerp in 1585, 1586 , signed and dated Vriese invent 1586 , oil on canvas, 155 × 216 cm, Antwerp City Archives

Fonts (excerpt)

  • Dorica et Jonica; et Corinthia et Composita (1565)
  • Tuscana (1578)
  • Hortorum viridariorumque… formæ (1583)
  • Variæ architecturæ formæ (1601)
  • Perspective, that is the well-known art, of a point in the eye shining through or looking through, on a level wall and moors, tables or stretched cloths: in which to look at the demeanor of churches, temples ... in the old and new manner , and many such forms have to be furgested, everything on its own fundamental lines, and the foundation of the same actually laid out with the same kind of description; All painters, copper engravers .... very pleasantly lovely and usable for their deputy . Hondius, Lvgdvni Batavorvm, 1604. ( digitized version )
  • Architectura, or building of the antiquities from Vitruvius, was ordered by five collums, so that all Landts use of buildings to accommodate for all building architects, etc., was officially brought (1598)

such as

  • Perspectiva: the famous art, absolutely necessary for all lovers of mathematics: Vredeman Frison, Joh. / Bey Johan Jansson / 1639

literature

  • Hermann Arthur Lier:  Vries, Hans Fredeman de . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 408 f.
  • Petra Sophia Zimmermann : Art History Library Bd.99 - The Architectura by Hans Vredeman de Vries , Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-422-06370-6
  • Adolf K. Placzek : “Introduction to the Dover Edition”, in: Jan Vredeman de Vries: Perspective. Dover Publications, Inc. New York 1968.
  • Heiner Borggrefe, Vera Lüpkes, Paul Huvenne, Ben van Beneden (eds.): Hans Vredeman de Vries and the Renaissance in the north . Exhibition catalog Weser Renaissance Museum Schloss Brake, Munich 2002

Digital copies

Web links

Commons : Hans Vredeman de Vries  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan Kummer : Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume 2: From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 576–678 and 942–952, here: pp. 589 f.
  2. ↑ Klaus Bußmann , Heinz Schilling : 1648 - War and Peace in Europe. Catalog volume and two text volumes, Münster 1998 [Documentation of the Council of Europe exhibition on the 350th anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia in Münster and Osnabrück.] Münster / Osnabrück 1998, ISBN 3-88789-127-9 , p. 29
personal data
SURNAME Vredeman de Vries, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vries, Hans Vredeman de; Frisio, Johan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch Renaissance painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1527
PLACE OF BIRTH Leeuwarden
DATE OF DEATH 1609
Place of death uncertain: Antwerp