Editing Delft (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Delft plate faience Famille Rose 1760 1780.jpg|thumb|Delft blue is most famous but there are other kinds of Delftware, like this plate faience in rose]]

Delft is well known for the [[Delftware|Delft pottery]] [[ceramic]] products<ref name="Dunford2010"/> which were styled on the imported [[China|Chinese]] [[porcelain]] of the 17th century. The city had an early start in this area since it was a home port of the [[Dutch East India Company]]. It can still be seen at the pottery factories [[De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles|De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles (or Royal Delft)]] and [[De Delftse Pauw]], while new ceramics and ceramic art can be found at the [[Gallery Terra Delft]].<ref name="KK 1996">Kitty Kilian, "[https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/1996/05/23/10-jaar-galerie-terra-keramisch-gezicht-op-delft-7310973-a912879 10 jaar galerie Terra; Keramisch gezicht op Delft]." ''NRC Handelsblad,'' 23 May 1996.</ref>

The painter [[Johannes Vermeer]] (1632–1675) was born in Delft. Vermeer used Delft streets and home interiors as the subject or background in his paintings.<ref name="Dunford2010"/>
Several other famous painters lived and worked in Delft at that time, such as [[Pieter de Hooch|Pieter de Hoogh]], [[Carel Fabritius]], [[Nicolaes Maes]], Gerard Houckgeest and Hendrick Cornelisz. van Vliet. They were all members of the [[Delft School (painting)|Delft School]]. The Delft School is known for its images of domestic life and views of households, church interiors, courtyards, squares and the streets of Delft. The painters also produced pictures showing historic events, flowers, portraits for patrons and the court as well as decorative pieces of art.

Delft supports creative arts' companies. From 2001 the {{ill|Bacinol (building)|lt=Bacinol|nl|Bacinol}}, a building that had been disused since 1951, began to house small companies in the creative arts sector.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Art on the streets of Delft |url=https://kunstwandelingdelft.nl/en/art-on-the-streets-of-delft/ |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=Kunstwandeling Delft |language=en-GB}}</ref> Its demolition started in December 2009, making way for the new railway tunnel in Delft. The occupants of the building, as well as the name 'Bacinol', moved to another building in the city. The name Bacinol relates to [[DSM (company)#History|Dutch penicillin research during WWII]].
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