Tag Archives: Petrus Christus

malraux: not stung to austere ecstasy

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Dave

Andre Malraux and his Metamorphosis of the Gods. Maybe more not what he said, but how it was delivered…. …What made Andre Malraux’s La Metamorphose an especially haunting work is not originality in the usual sense. Some of Malraux’s seemingly … Continue reading →

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LOOS MORALS: Let Her Be On Her Red Plump Bed

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Dave

The sensibilities of painters and sculptors have investigated the Annunciation along with Mary’s psychological response, the alluring constitution of the angel, the will of God, the setting, the symbolic potential and the scene’s effect on other characters. Annunciation scenes, like … Continue reading →

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#FLEMISH EYE: Sanctity of the Bourgeois

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Dave

All that is needed to appreciate Flemish painting, Michelangelo once observed, are two eyes and an interest in facts. He was alluding to the intense realism, the extreme precision, and the illusionistic impression of light and atmosphere with which the … Continue reading →

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RESTLESS SPIRITS IN A SILT BOUND CITY

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Dave

In Bruges, it is said that holy candles burn all night in the houses on the eve of All Souls, and the bells toll till midnight, or even till morning. people, too, often set lighted candles on the graves. A … Continue reading →

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PORTRAIT OF REENACTMENT

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Dave

The unknown lady below sat for this luminous portrait in the middle of the fifteenth century. Her cone shaped henin is fastened with a velvet loop beneath her chin and pushed back to reveal the high, plucked forehead so much … Continue reading →

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