Tag Archives: Robert Campin

AN ANGEL IN BROAD DAYLIGHT: Elegance Before Passion

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Dave

Within a single generation early in the fifteenth century, three Flemish artists gave final, consummate expression to the Gothic spirit. … For anyone trying to tell the history of art as a continuous development , the fifteenth century always appears … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Battle of Agincourt, Donatello Sculpture, Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Stephen Zucker, Dr. Steven Zucker, Filippo Brunelleschi, Flemish Art, Jan van Eyck, Masaccio, Master of Flémalle, Northern Renaissance Art, Northern Renaissance Painting, Philip the Good, Robert Campin, Rogier van der Weyden | Leave a comment

walk on gilted splinters

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Dave

Philip the Bold, youngest of King John II’s four brothers and his father’s favorite, was robust, but dark complexioned and certanly not handsome. He had marked features and a jutting chin, which persisted among his distant descendants as the Hapsburg … Continue reading →