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the good companions: spirits having flown
Why do angels have wings? In early Christian times god’s messengers walked as men. But after the sweeping conversions of the pagan world Christian artists found inspiration in the flying deities of ancient faiths. After we emerged from the cave, … Continue reading
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Tagged foundling hospital florence, gabriel angel, Ghirlandaio, greek gods, Harold Bloom, henry hagemann, Hubert van Eyck, Jacob wrestling with angel, Jan van Eyck, jan van eyck ghent altarpiece, jewish priest zacharias, rabbi akiba, William Blake, william bouguereau, Wings of Victory
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the poussin code
Giza pyramid pentagrams and sacred geometry, golden means and a whole shebang of inscrutability. Nicolas Poussin has always been linked with the mystery of Rennes de Chateau and his work is crucial to the theory found in Holy Blood Holy … Continue reading
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Tagged celestine V, Dan Brown, dan brown da vinci code, David Teniers, Giordano Bruno, hiram abiff masonic legend, Holy Blood Holy Grail, Hubert van Eyck, il guercino, Jan van Eyck, nicolas of cusa, Nicolas Poussin, paul schellenberger, pierre jarnac, Poussin, renaissance master il guercino, richard andrews author
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GUILTY and SATISFIED: Just Above Paradise
Within a single generation early in the fifteenth century, three Flemish artists gave final, consummate expression to the Gothic spirit. … There was a fascination with the world for its own sake , as a visual phenomenon, that was allied … Continue reading
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Tagged Annette Labedzki, Craig Harbison, Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker, Edwin Hall, Erwin Panofsky, Flemish painting, Hubert van Eyck, Irwin Panofsky, James Snyder, Jan van Eyck, Kim Woods, Laura Gelfand, Linda Seidel, Northern Renaissance Art, Pacht, Patrick Bernauw, Peter Voorn, Peter Vroom, Renaissance Art, Robert Campin, Susan Jones Caldwell College, suzie nash, The Lost Dutchman
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SACRAMENTS OF MARRIAGE: Take Your Shoes Off
Jan van Eyck, of all artists, is the one who proves that turning to the world need not mean reduction to the commonplace, and of all his paintings, the double portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his bride, Jeanne Cenami, is … Continue reading
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Tagged Annette Labedzki, Arnofini van eyck, Craig Harbison, Dale Kent, Edwin Hall, Ernst Gombrich, Erwin Panofsky, Flemish painting, Hubert van Eyck, Irwin Panofsky, Jan van Eyck, Jean Wilson, Linda Seidel, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Martin Gardner, Northern Renaissance Art, Patrick Bernauw, Peter Voorn, Renaissance Art, Susan Jones Caldwell College, The Lost Dutchman, William P. Coleman
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