I believe they were more ''genre artists'' ,in the sense that they were -inluenced by their religion which was and is , Protestantism -more focused on depicting every day life domestic scenes and also moralising scenes with emphasis on the details.This was not true for Italian artists for example, who depicted more allegorical and mythology-influenced scenes in their paintings. In the bottom line , I think the main differences were based on religion :Italy and other countries were expressing the baroque style in their churches and religious paintings or statues whereas Dutch baroque painters were restricted by Protestantism in depicting domestic scenes. In my opinion this fact helped them create masterpieces too and lead to the resurgence of many great artists of the time in Holland.
Portraits and scenes of ordinary life.
Damatize Daily Life.
Because the reformed Dutch church did not allow pictures in churches.
You cannot say that all Baroque art had one and the same goal. Many of Rubens's paintings were commissioned to glorify the Catholic church, and similar works were executed by other artists.But the French still lifes of the period did not have that kind of purpose, neither had the famous landscapes by Poussin, Claude Lorrain or the Dutch landscapists.
The Dutch saw them as trading partners. The Dutch were not interested in converting them.
The Protestant disapproval of religious imagery led Dutch painters of the Baroque period to focus on idolatry.
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Portraits and scenes of ordinary life.
glazing and underpainting
George Stanley has written: 'Opening day' 'A classified synopsis of the principal painters of the Dutch and Flemish Schools' -- subject(s): Dutch Painters, Flemish Painters, German Painters, Painters, Dutch, Painters, Flemish, Painters, German 'The stick'
He belongs to the Dutch Baroque.
Rembrandt's glowing figure emerges from the dark background; Vermeer's figure is depicted in natural light.
Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch Baroque.