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Tag Archives: Rogier van der Weyden
intense: saint columba & literary larceny
Every night he would sneak off in the dark to indulge his secret lust- his lust for copying a rare manuscript of the Gospels…. Behind every myth lies a truth; beyond every legend is a reality, as radiant, sometimes as … Continue reading
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Tagged Columba Ireland, Columkill, Englishman Strongbow, George Macaulay Trevelyan, Loch Ness Monster, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Oliver Cromwell, Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, Rogier van der Weyden, Saint Columba, Saint Patrick's Day
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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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plastic fantastic: you look fabulous!
Carefully structured violence packaged and passed off as spontaneous beauty, reproductions of the divine mean as a reflection of that inner you. Everyone is a Venus. What is the alternative? The aesthetic condemnation of the ugly as a symptomatic expression … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged andi zeisler, Andy Warhol, edward kienholz, elizabeth haiken, Gainsborough, gayle kirschenbaum, Jean Baudrillard, John Singer Sargent, judith leyster, laurie essig, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Rogier van der Weyden, Sandro Botticelli, Slavoj Zizek, Walter Benjamin
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portrait or spitting image
There is always a complex psychological relationship between the sitter and the painter, since the explosive issue of the construction of identity is a potent assemblage that continues to adapt itself in the modern world. But its often an ambivalent … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Adrian Searle, anne purves, Augustus John, british art journal, darren baker, Graham Sutherland, Jamie Reid The Sex Pistols, john brack, Jonathan Jones Guardian, Lucian Freud, Rembrandt, robin simon, Rogier van der Weyden, rolf harris, sam fullbrook, sebastien smee, sir john kiszely, yousuf karsh
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book of hours of the times
He can be seen both as climactic figure of the Middle Ages and as a herald of the Renaissance. The first great realist in French art, he painted with magical perfection in a time of change and disarray. In his … Continue reading
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Tagged Claus Sluter, erik inglis, etienne chevalier, filippo lippi, Giorgio Vasari, Jan van Eyck, jean fouquet, Joan of Arc, Rogier van der Weyden, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, sir arthur conan doyle sir nigel, The Book of Hours
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THE YEAR ONE A.D. (Y0001K Bug)
The year one. In retrospect it was a big date.It was year 754 to the Romans, and year 3761 to the Jews. Decisive years, like decisive battles , are an old favorite with historians. More often however, great historical processes … Continue reading