2020 Spring Meeting and Presentation*
*Postponed Due To CDC Recommendations Related to Prevention of Coronavirus (COVID-19)*
“The Dutch Golden Age: Mennonite to the Core”
Illustrated Presentation
Lauren Friesen
David M. French Professor Emeritus
University of Michigan
ILLINOIS MENNONITE MUSEUM 675 STATE RTE. 116 Germantown Hills, IL
Date To Be Determined
PUBLIC INVITED. LUNCH PROVIDED. FREEWILL OFFERING.
The Dutch Golden Age was an era when the visual arts, medicine, business, education, theatre, poetry, theology, and publication flourished.
Mennonites were deeply engaged with all of these disciplines. This illustrated presentation will cover the basic contours of the Mennonite involvement.
Rembrandt circle (painting), Nicolas Bidloo (medicine), Joost von den Vondel (drama) and the Mennonite founder of the Golden Age, Carel van Mander, will receive special attention.