The World Upside Down
E112358
The World Upside Down is a satirical genre painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Jan Steen that humorously depicts a chaotic household as a moral lesson about disorder and social inversion.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The World Upside Down canonical | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
genre painting
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painting ⓘ satirical painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | Dutch moralizing genre scenes ⓘ |
| artist | Jan Steen ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
humorous realism
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narrative realism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| creator | Jan Steen ⓘ |
| culture | Dutch Golden Age ⓘ |
| depicts |
chaotic household
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domestic disorder ⓘ moral disorder ⓘ social inversion ⓘ |
| function | didactic entertainment ⓘ |
| genre |
genre painting
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satire ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
consequences of disorder
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domestic morality ⓘ inversion of social roles ⓘ moral lesson ⓘ |
| iconographyType | inverted world motif ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | Dutch middle-class viewers ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Dutch ⓘ |
| medium | oil paint ⓘ |
| moralCategory | vanitas and moralizing genre ⓘ |
| moralizingFunction | true ⓘ |
| movement | Dutch Golden Age painting ⓘ |
| period | 17th century ⓘ |
| portrays |
children misbehaving
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lack of parental authority ⓘ overturned social hierarchy ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByArtist |
As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young
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In Luxury, Look Out ⓘ The Merry Family ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
domestic interior
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everyday life ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| usesHumor | true ⓘ |
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