Art

ART

               

“to be normal is good enough”

The Belvedere museum is located to the Landgoed Oranjewoud. The building has been structured above of a canal. The idea was to seem like a brick which is the characteristic material for Frisians to build their houses. Like any other building in Friesland the museum is seems to be a part of the natural scenery. The art work inside is have been made by Frisians topical artists who lived and worked in Friesland.

The paintings had the characteristic simplicity of the Landscape and our tour guide confirmed that was the artist’s purpose. Their thought was “to be good is good enough” Most of them were farmers and interested in daily life and of course Landscape.

You can see in the pictures below how the artists were inspired by the flat earth landscape.

                                                                                                                                        Henkde Vries

                                                                                                    Jan Mankes

Webquest

Inspired by the landscape, the art, music and identity we've made a webquest. Students get a task on the webquest.

webquest