The Five Senses (series)
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The Five Senses is a series of genre paintings by David Teniers the Younger that allegorically depict everyday 17th-century Flemish life while personifying each of the human senses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Five Senses (series) canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genre painting series
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painting series ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalCategory | allegories of the senses ⓘ |
| artisticSchool | Flemish painting ⓘ |
| artisticStyle | detailed genre realism ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Antwerp art market ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Southern Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | David Teniers the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Flemish ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Counter-Reformation Southern Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
domestic interiors
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everyday 17th-century Flemish life ⓘ food and drink ⓘ interiors with figures engaged in sensory activities ⓘ musical performance ⓘ social interaction ⓘ tavern scenes ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical painting
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genre painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Hearing (painting by David Teniers the Younger)
NERFINISHED
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Sight (painting by David Teniers the Younger) NERFINISHED ⓘ Smell (painting by David Teniers the Younger) NERFINISHED ⓘ Taste (painting by David Teniers the Younger) NERFINISHED ⓘ Touch (painting by David Teniers the Younger) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
everyday life
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moralizing allegory ⓘ sensory experience ⓘ |
| iconography | objects symbolizing each sense ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Flemish allegorical traditions ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle |
Dutch
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English ⓘ French ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
five senses
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human senses ⓘ |
| movement | Flemish Baroque NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combination of everyday realism and allegory
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personification of abstract concepts through common people ⓘ |
| portrays |
contemporary 17th-century clothing
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middle-class Flemish interiors ⓘ musical instruments ⓘ smoking and drinking ⓘ tableware and food ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Five Senses (series by Jan Brueghel the Elder and others) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| useOfAllegory | personification of each of the human senses ⓘ |
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