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proved to be a born illustrator, with the knack of communicating his subject in a manner
The Artist: A successor of Jan van Eyck and Petrus Christus, and a contemporary of Gerard David, Hans Memling was among the most important artists of fifteenth-century Bruges. Although he spent the majority of his career in that thriving city, he was born around 1435–40 in the German town of Klein-Krotzenburg near Seligenstadt, south-east of Frankfurt, Germany
The manner in which the gold threads catch and reflect the light across the folded
The Artist: For a biography of Petrus Christus, see the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History.The Subject and Function of the Painting: After Christ’s crucifixion, his corpse was taken down from the cross and prepared for burial
Christus built up his forms, principally the fleshtones, in a manner reminiscent
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from Friedrich’s introspective, enigmatic landscapes in favor of a more direct manner
Take a closer look at the Asian elephant through the eyes of Indian court painters
flavor to the formula—they tend to be shown in a more poetic and fantastical manner
Alfred Robaut, Paris (until 1899; sold on February 21 for Fr 6,000 to Durand-Ruel); [Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1899; stock no. 5026, as „Italienne“; sold on December 8, 1899 or January 25, 1900 to Durand-Ruel, New York]; [Durand-Ruel, New York, 1899/1900–1903; stock no
Camille Corot (French, Paris 1796–1875 Paris) 1842 or earlier Landscape In the manner
Two Vessels Inscribed with a Poem on Wine (MMA 64.133.2 and British Museum ME OA 1938.11-12.1)These sophisticated vessels, inscribed with verses inviting one to drink, echo the close connection between wine drinking and literature in upper-class social practice of the medieval Islamic period
Learn more about this artwork A Ninth-Century Miss Manners: Dining Etiquette in
The Artist: The Sienese master Simone Martini was one of the greatest and most influential painters of his time. His work combines an astonishing mastery of naturalistically observed details with an exquisite technique
Simone’s refined technique and descriptive powers, evident in the realistic manner
According to Giorgio Vasari, The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist, one of the artist’s greatest late works, was painted for the Florentine Giovanni Borgherini. The biographer described the subject of the painting as „the Virgin, an infant St
, p. 31, under no. 154; vol. 3, fig. 849, calls it a „masterpiece of the ‚grand manner
Each of Moretto’s rare portraits of the 1520s and 1530s demonstrates his innovative approach to the genre, culminating in the outstanding Portrait of a Man (National Gallery, London, NG 1025) of 1526, one the earliest full-length, life-size, independent portraits in Italy
considers it one of the paintings in which Moretto most closely approaches the manner
