While I do have a few minor quibbles (there’s some rather obvious symbolism and, perhaps, an overly dramatic situation or two) these are very minor blemishes on a really great read. If you love character driven novels and aren’t very demanding vis-á-vis action sequences (no shootouts...
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Jan Van Eyck, detail of Virgin from the Ghent altarpiece, 1432 With the rise of realism in Renaissance art, the halo began to decrease (in terms of size and frequency of use). Giotto seems to have struggled with how to depict groups of figures with halos, while still giving a sense of...
Garemijn always paid attention to detail in his paintings of market scenes, such as this one, which offered an idealised image of the common people without the symbolism and moralising undertone that earlier artists would insert into their genre works. There was no hint of social criticism in ...
Tintoretto worked in Venice his entire life, and his commissions included major altarpieces and other decorations for churches, as well as for the confraternities known there as scuole. This painting was probably made about 1570, for a domestic setting. It is possible that the patron's needs ...
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