#27 - Dutch Landscape Paintings
The writer Andrew Male enjoys the dull nature of 17th Century Dutch landscape paintings.
The Boring Talks · BBC Sounds
December 3, 201818m 11s
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Show Notes
A windmill. Two hunched countrymen. Lots of drab sky.
17th Century Dutch landscape paintings can be very dull, but is there something more exciting going on? Maybe. The writer Andrew Male takes a closer look at these works of art, and discovers a pastoral snapshot, which might be the world's first 'humblebrag'.
Presenter: James Ward Contributor: Andrew Male Producer: Luke Doran