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hindsight sagas: historical surprises
…There are some movements that are strange, unpredictable, and even when they surge into social dominance, not- if one is an honest historian- easy to explain. This perhaps is most profoundly true of religion. The success of both Christianity and … Continue reading
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
collection with the public purse
Charles I was Britain’s most discerning and energetic royal patron, buying much art and encouraging many continental artists. With his ascension to the throne in 1625, it was a turning point in English connoisseurship. Charles had grown up under the … Continue reading
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Tagged Albrecht Durer, Anthony Van Dyck, Bernini, Charles I titian, Diego Velazquez, Earl of Arundel Charles I, Hans Holbein the Elder, Holbein Erasmus, Hugo van der Goes, Jan Van Dyck, King Charles I art collection, King Charles I England, Raphael Cartoons, Rembrandt Collection Charles I, Robert Campin, Rubens, Titian Girl in a fur wrap, Titian Venus of the Pardo
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someone stole gabriel’s horn
It was scarcely satisfactory. Artists wanted to distinguish the heavenly messengers from the other young male figures such as the disciples of Jesus and Jesus himself. Greek and Roman Christian poets, elaborating on the Gospel stories, introduced traditional classical imagery. … Continue reading
ABSTRACT EMOTIVE DEVICES: Pathos of a Single Perpetual Moment
Rogier van der Weyden, if for a moment he can be regarded as a pure stylist, is an unexcelled master designer. The Magdalen at the far right of “Deposition” is one of the most exquisitely costumed and patterned figures in … Continue reading
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Tagged Craig Harbison, Da Vinci, Elizabeth Losh, Erwin Panofsky, Flemish Art, Flemish painting, Jan van Eyck, Kim Woods, Laura Gelfand, Leonardo Da Vinci, Linda Seidel, Michael Glover, Mitchell B. Meiback, Mitchell B. Meibeck, Pierre Bordieu, Renaissance Art, Robert Campin, Rogier van der Weyden, suzie nash
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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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#FLEMISH EYE: Sanctity of the Bourgeois
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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Tagged Book of Hours Bruges, Erasmus, Erwin Panofsky, Flemish painting, Jan van Eyck, Joachim Patinir, Limbourg Brothers The Book of Hours, Linda Seidel, Michelangelo, Northern Renaissance Art, Petrus Christus, Quentin Massys, Renaissance Art, Robert Campin, Rogier van der Weyden
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