We're on a 6+ month sabbatical to Amsterdam! Look through our eyeballs at Dutch art and design (contemporary to 700 years old). Topics include art, footwear, ecological sustainability, windmills, traditional handcraft, train travel and snack food discoveries. Though art is our interest, we are reporting on a wide range of things - our only rule is it must be FUN to write and FUN to read. xo, LeBrie and Bill
Dutch Treat: The Bosch Parade (plus dibs n' dabs)
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The Bosch Parade
We have now lived in the Netherlands for about 7 weeks and we have already seen a lot of interesting and amusing things.
Last Thursday we went to the small town of Den Bosch or “The Forest” - home of Hieronymus van Aken (1450-1516) who later changed his surname to Bosch. The town has one of the finest cathedrals in the Netherlands which was constructed between 1336 and 1550. There is also the Jhieronymus Bosch Art Center which contains to-scale photographic reproductions of all of his work. They are not paintings but it is great to see images of his work all in one place.
Once a year there is a Bosch Parade of about 20 floating artworks/performances/contraptions in his honor (thanks for the tip, Rusty!) This event was difficult to photograph, but here are a few of the more photogenic floats we documented from the riverbank.
Miscellaneous encounters:
FAQ edition coming soon
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LeBrie + Bill - Dutch Treat
We're on a 6+ month sabbatical to Amsterdam! Look through our eyeballs at Dutch art and design (contemporary to 700 years old). Topics include art, footwear, ecological sustainability, windmills, traditional handcraft, train travel and snack food discoveries. Though art is our interest, we are reporting on a wide range of things - our only rule is it must be FUN to write and FUN to read. xo, LeBrie and Bill
Hi there! We're Bill and LeBrie. You're receiving this email because you signed up for Dutch Treat, our twice-monthly newsletter of discoveries while we are living in Amsterdam. If you enjoy the newsletter, forward it to a friend. And if this email was forwarded to you, get your own. 📫 A Collection of Hands During our last trip to Amsterdam in 2019 Bill began photographing details of hands in paintings. He's continued that as an ongoing project. These are from from the Rijksmuseum in...
Hi there! We're Bill and LeBrie. You're receiving this email because you signed up for Dutch Treat, our twice-monthly newsletter of discoveries while we are living in Amsterdam. If you enjoy the newsletter, forward it to a friend. And if this email was forwarded to you, get your own. 📫 This Dutch Treat is a rebroadcast of an email LeBrie wrote to her personal list. We both thought you would enjoy it. Now that our summer of adventure is slowing down, expect to see more frequent missives from...
Hi there! We're Bill and LeBrie. You're receiving this email because you signed up for Dutch Treat, our twice-monthly newsletter of discoveries while we are living in Amsterdam. If you enjoy the newsletter, forward it to a friend. And if this email was forwarded to you, get your own. 📫 The Infrastructure of Play Common pallets are the raw material for a week of Huttendorp. Friends, We were enjoying the Zuiderzee Museum, when beyond the museum walls we heard the most beguiling sound. It was so...