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Memling: magic in the mediocre
For in the metaphysical sense, if not the technical, Hans Memling was a primitive. And this is seen in his depiction of the mystery plays, which began as simple little tableaux performed in church and intended to beguile and inform … Continue reading
memling: pious little pictures
The painting of A Lady with a Pink hangs in New York’s Metropolitan Museum. The pink, a flower that can symbolize betrothal, was the creation of Hans Memling whose realistic, but highly refined portraits mirrored fifteenth century Flemish society. Hans … Continue reading
illuminations
Illuminations. The fifteenth-century illuminate manuscript as art form. It was an art, as Poussin said, that appealed to the pleasures of intelligence; pleasures which are above all others. As opposed to frivolous art for amusement. Philippe de Mazerolles – … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Duke Charles the Bold, Girart de Roussillon, illuminated manuscripts, Jan van Eyck, Jean le Tavernier, Lievin van Lathem, Limbourg Brothers The Book of Hours, Loyset Liedet, Loyset Lyedet, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Medieval Illuminated manuscripts, Philippe de Mazerolles, Roger von der Weyden, Rogier van der Weyden, Simon Marmion, The Book of Hours, Willem Vrelant
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