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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 4/1/07 1:17pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Deposition" by Fra Angelico
	I once heard an art critic say that he quite liked the style of these kinds of paintings, but really how many crucifixions could one really look at? I rather see his point. Except I don't really like the style. It's difficult, I guess, to see these with the eyes of the people who saw them way back when. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 4/2/07 7:58pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Deposition" by Fra Angelico - Date Edited: 4/3/07 12:34pm (4 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	I know what you're saying; since I'm a Protestant, I don't have the cultural background to know the Catholic iconography, either. Next: "Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife" by Jan van Eyck c. 1434, oil on panel, National Gallery, London This very famous portrait is from the Burgundian Netherlands, at the height of its riches. It shows a man, his wife, their dog, and his shoes (at left). The mirror at centre reflects the couple, van Eyck and (possibly) a servant. The technicial expertise is really astonishing--check out the chandelier, the fur trim, the wife's headdress. Van Eyck was court painter to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, and Philip's accountants didn't want to pay his wages. Philip insisted, saying van Eyck was without equal. This painting ended up in the collection of Philip II of Spain (who ruled the Netherlands a couple of centuries later and was a descendant of Philip the Good). The book says it was 'somehow acquired' by a Scottish soldier during the Peninsular War (try 'looted') and brought to England.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 4/2/07 8:00pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife" by Jan van Eyck
	A classic work; you see something new every time you look at it. The first thing that strikes is how ridiculous (and, in the case of one member, pregnant) the couple looks. The second thing is the dog, that seems about to leap out of the picture into your arms. The third thing is that mirror; would that be the art world's smallest, most subtle self-portrait? -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 4/3/07 12:35pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife" by Jan van Eyck
	They do look odd; that's fashion for you. The richer you are, the dumber you look in retrospect.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 4/14/07 7:59pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife" by Jan van Eyck
	Next: "St. Luke Drawing the Virgin" by Rogier van der Weyden c. 1435, oil on panel, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston St. Luke, as well as being a doctor, was also supposedly an artist. In this very influential (ie. heavily copied) painting, he paints the Virgin Mary and child.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 4/23/07 10:31pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "St. Luke Drawing the Virgin" by van der Weyden
	Next: "The Wolf of Gubbio" by Sassetta c. 1444, tempera on panel, National Gallery, London This is not the picture in question, but it is by Sassetta, and it does have the same shape. Sassetta painted a series of eight scenes from the life of St. Francis, of which this is one (7 are in the National Gallery, the 8th in Chantilly). They were originally arranged in pairs flanking a statute of the saint and formed a splendid double-sided alterpiece.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 4/30/07 9:39pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Wolf of Gubbio" by Sassetta
	Next: "The Baptism of Christ" by Piero della Francesco c. 1450-60, tempura on panel, National Gallery, London Christ is being baptised by his cousin, St. John. Above him is a dove, painted to resemble the clouds, and a shower of gold, now less visible than it used to be.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/7/07 9:23pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Baptism of Christ" by Piero della Francesco - Date Edited: 5/7/07 9:24pm (2 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	Next: "Saint Jerome in his Study" by Antonello da Messina c. 1465, oil on canvas, National Gallery, London' A very curious picture; St. Jerome is shown in his study, but it's like a cross between a doll's house and an architectural model. The sacred section is on the right; the secular on the left. And St. Jerome wrote a famous defense of the virginity of the Madonna, so there are symbols for that...the pyx boxes, the carafe of water, and carnations. But there are also symbols for what the book calls 'lust and fornication'...the dirty hand towel, the cat. The three symbols in the front are the peacock (immortality); a pheasant (Truth of Christ) and the bowl (baptism). A very ambivilant piece of art.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/15/07 8:30pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Saint Jerome in his Study" by Antonello da Messina - Date Edited: 5/20/07 9:39am (3 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	Next: "Pieta" by Giovanni Bellini c. 1468, tempera on panel, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan Pietas usually show Christ alone; here he is shown with his mother and St. John the Evangelist, whose emotions are clearly illustrated. Christ looks 'beatic' according to the book; his mother 'curiously interrogative.' The scene is seen in close-up, which increases the impact.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/18/07 8:50pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Pieta" by Bellini
	Next: "Portrait of a Young Woman" by Petrus Christus c. 1468-70, oil on panel, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin The sitter is English, one of the two granddaughters of the first Earl of Shrewsbury. The pared-down style, the calm looks of the sitter, and the plain colours, are Flemish painting at its best, though I prefer this one, by the same artist:
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Mar17swgirl Registered: Dec '00	Date Posted: 5/19/07 10:15am Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Portrait of a Young Woman" by Petrus Christus
	Zaz posted: The sitter is English, one of the two granddaughters of the first Earl of Shrewsbury. The pared-down style, the calm looks of the sitter, and the plain colours, are Flemish painting at its best, though I prefer this one, by the same artist: You must be kidding. That's the Girl With a Pearl Earring by Jan Vermeer! -----signature----- "He was caught in Alicante with a sheep." "Flagrante, Chris, in flagrante." "Yeah... flagrante."
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 5/19/07 8:02pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Portrait of a Young Woman" by Petrus Christus
	I admit, even I knew that. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/19/07 10:00pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Portrait of a Young Woman" by Petrus Christus
	Well, they had it listed by Christus on the website. But I suspect you are right, which goes to show you should double check.
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Mar17swgirl Registered: Dec '00	Date Posted: 5/20/07 4:37am Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Portrait of a Young Woman" by Petrus Christus
	Zaz posted: Well, they had it listed by Christus on the website. But I suspect you are right, which goes to show you should double check. I thought that movie with Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth would make it obvious... And really, it's one of the most famous of Vermeer's paintings... (this page has some good info on him, as well as hi-res images of his works...) -----signature----- "He was caught in Alicante with a sheep." "Flagrante, Chris, in flagrante." "Yeah... flagrante."
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/20/07 8:31am Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Portrait of a Young Woman" by Petrus Christus
	Not to me, it isn't, obviously. And I don't watch Scarlett Johanson movies.
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