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The Dutch art as, however, and the literature, has a strong basis-tradition of great realists. Developed in Renaissance and almost at once shot up to seldom achievable heights, the Dutch school of painting XVI-XVIII of centuries concerns one of the most surprising, so up to the end and not solved secrets of mankind. Till now experts and it is simple judges of art continue to reflect over a question: in what of the reason of coincidence of spiritual, political clearing of the country and unknown lifting of a science and art? What forces of the nature or social development during one rapid historical period have put forward the whole galaxy of the greatest artists? Why more already it has been never allowed to repeat to it? How many talented people were revealed by that time! Circumstances were so favorable, that have given the chance to reveal completely to the concealed, potential talents of the person dozing before.

Time clears history of a different sort of stratifications. In memory of descendants there are names and affairs of the people getting into essence of human life. All, whose names the history has informed to us, were to some extent philosophers, the people who have enclosed a part not only souls, but also reason in judgement of that them surrounded, than there lived their contemporaries.

Those whom we carry today to the most outstanding figures of the Dutch school, - not an exception, all of them to some extent philosophers. Well and who did not want or could not come nearer to their level though during lifetime and had certain authority, honour, and sometimes and glory? Who remembers nowadays their names? They have thawn, are eliminated by the passionless and incorruptible judge-time.

Holland XVI - XVII centuries - the country of burghers, the special class which has developed in medieval Europe, occupied exclusively searches and riches increment. Neglect to all who was unable save the capital, - distinctive line of burghers of that period. But who remembers them now? Nowadays highly honour those whom they despised who created on soul call who has been betrayed by all being to the people and the country. It it, the most talented, but to the sons of the people not recognised during lifetime, nowadays is erected by monuments and monuments, about them write books and compose legends.