"Painted Stories From the Dutch"

"Painted Stories from the Dutch" is one of the poems in my chapbook A White Girl Lynching.
I mentioned paintings in the poem by Rembrandt, Vermeer and other masters from the Golden Age of Dutch painting. I am fascinated by 17th century Dutch history.

Here are a few of the paintings and artists I used for inspiration in the poem. The images do not show the quality of light of the paintings and the amazing details of texture. I also did not post any florals or landscapes. They are easy to find by typing Dutch Still Life, Landscapes, or Genre Paintings into an Internet search engine.

Vermeer, Jan Woman in Blue Reading a Letter c. 1663-1664 Oil on canvas 46.6 x 39.1 cm (18 11/32 x 15 13/32 in.) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Vermeer, Jan
The Music Lesson
c. 1662-1665
Oil on canvas
74.6 x 64.1 cm
Royal Collection, St. James' Palace, London



Willem Kalf




photo by about.com guide Linda Garrison

REMBRANDT VAN RIJN

Syndic of the Drapers' Guild

Merchant

Here are links if you want to learn more about this period in history.

http://www.albanyinstitute.org/Education/archive/dutch/dutch.painting.htm

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/rembrandt-impasto-a-master-in-the-shadows.html

A White Girl Lynching, Pudding House Chapbook

Review in Full of Crow

http://www.fullofcrow.com/crowreviews/2009/06/a-white-girl-lynching/

Review in Her Circle Ezine

http://www.hercircleezine.com/2008/05/20/a-white-girl-lynching-by-elizabeth-p-glixman/

Here is part of the Artist’s Statement from the chapbook.

"These poems are ultimately about respect for all individuals and races. The idea of respect is shown in the reverse in many of the poems about what happens to people when they are "lynched." I interpret lynched as meaning having an important element of individual dignity taken away from an individual or group. Many of the poems are women oriented. Some uphold the right of animals to true care and respect. Other poems talk about the effects on a society of not allowing differences to be heard."

A White Girl Lynching is part of the Ohio State University Library Special Collections, SUNY/ Buffalo Lockwood Library Special Collections, Kent State University Library Special Collections, Brown University Library, and Poets House/NYC collection. A White Girl Lynching is listed in Bowker/Books in Print.

A White Girl Lynching

Poems by Elizabeth P. Glixman

Pudding House Chapbook Series

ISBN 1-58998-665-2

27 pages

Pudding House Publications
Columbus, OH 43213



Blog Post on one Poem in A White Girl Lynching
http://elizabeth-inthemoment.blogspot.com/2008/04/painted-stories-from-dutch.html

Links to some of my poetry on the web

http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/gallery.php?item=2192

http://www.mindfirerenew.com/issue5winter2006/0106-Elizabeth.html

http://www.subtletea.com/elizabethglixman2006

http://www.friggmagazine.com/volumeonearchive/slaughter

 http://www.friggmagazine.com/issuetwentyeight/poetry/glixman/nolen.htm

http://www.nashvilleisreads.com/glixman.html