SHORTS, NOVELS, AND OTHER THINGS
Don’t forget to click on the images to see their beauty! Enguerrand Quarton (or Charonton) (c. 1410 – c. 1466) was a French painter and manuscript illuminator. Although there are very few surviving works attributable to him, his are the first masterpieces of a distinctively French style. Quarton was born in northern France, but moved …
Click on the illustrations to see the beauty of the art! Andrea Pisano was a pioneer of prototypical Renaissance relief sculpture of the fourteenth century. His chief works can be found in Florence, the most important of which were his three bronze doors for the baptistery of the Cathedral of Florence, completed in 1336. As …
Remember to click on the art, to see it in its glory! Thank heavens I found an early Renaissance artist with a name beginning with O! Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo (c. 1308 – August 25, 1368) was known as Orcagna, his nickname apparently local slang for ‘Arcangel’ ( Arcangelo). A painter, sculptor, and architect, …
Thanks to everyone who has stopped by. I apologize that the pictures for Massacio didn’t get uploaded into the post until this afternoon. I’m not sure what happened, but they are there now in all their glory. I have had a wonderful time visiting you all and seeing all the creative things you have done …
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I’ve only been able to swim in our pool off and on for the last two weeks (the air temp has varied from the low 50s to 80+), but spring has inexorably come to Chapel Hill. I wanted to share this picture of our Japanese weeping cherry tree, which takes my breath away each year, …
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Please click on Masaccio’s work to appreciate its beauty! Because I could not find an artist with an “N”, I am substituting Masaccio, another great “M.” Tommaso di Ser Giovanni Di Simone or Masaccio is considered the first great painter of the Quattrocento (1400s) of the Italian Renaissance because of his ability to recreate lifelike …
Ambrogio Lorenzetti (c. (1290-1348) was an Italian painter, who, together with his older brother Pietro, helped introduce naturalism into the art of Siena. You will see the Gothic influence in his artistry but also experiments with three-dimensional and spatial arrangements, foreshadowing the art of the Renaissance. Ambrogio developed into a more realistic and inventive painter …
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Don’t forget to click on the illustrations to enjoy their beauty! Giorgio Giulio Clovio or Klović (1498 – January 5, 1578) was born in Croatia and is considered the greatest illuminator of the Italian High Renaissance, and perhaps the last notable artist in the long tradition of the illuminated manuscript. So exactly what is an …
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I have made very few book recommendations in the last several years, and this particular book is not my genre. However, I had the pleasure of critiquing it as it was being written, and now that it’s out and is offered as a Kindle Countdown until April 14, I would like to let everyone know …
Ahvarra – a Book Recommendation Read More »
Left click on the images to enjoy the beauty! Hieronymus Bosch was born Jheronimus (the Latin form of the name Jerome), and he signed a number of his paintings as Jheronimus Bosch, Bosch being a derivative of the town where he was born and spent most of this life. Bosch is a revolutionary of the …
J = Jheronimus van Aken or Hieronymus Bosch Read More »
