above: Henry VIII of England, by Hans Holbein the Younger .
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Sunday Art Review: A Somewhat Incomplete Sample of the Renaissance
above: Henry VIII of England, by Hans Holbein the Younger .
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10 comments:
the carnival pride has artwork like this all over it. it is a beautiful ship!
smiles, bee
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Just a thought but I think that's Last "Supper" not "Summer"
Anonymous- Whoops, thanks you are right! I made the correction!
Beautiful art! Thank you for the showing.
Love the art history. If I had my druthers back in my college days, I would have been an art history major.
I'm a Monet lover and modern:Rothko
What does the hand cupped by the breast mean in the paintings? You see this all the time.
Ah, with my art history fading into the background and my QC skills coming to the fore, I can honestly say I have nothing to add, other than that you have now made Titian into Titan.
I appreciate your confidence in my knowledge, and all this while I was pretty scarce in the blogosphere.
I suppose I will just add that the Renaissance was a rebirth of art to the realism that the Greco-Romans also knew, but which was nearly lost during the Middle Ages.
Something really wonderful about all of them, with Veronese's vivid colors thanks to his white primer coat. (I think?)
And the rich oils of van Eyck, I remember learning that you could push oil around all day on the canvas and it wouldn't dry out.
Well, I said more than I'd expected but am now having heavy eyelids so must be off to the Land of Nod.
I love Sandro Botticelli's Primavera, which I have to say is worth a trip to the Uffizi alone.
You always have such great posts and I am afraid I have missed some good ones.
Olivia- thanks for weighing in, I just knew you'd have some fabulous insights. My apologies to Titian, oh well.
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