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Mar17swgirl Registered: Dec '00	Date Posted: 5/20/07 8:38am Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Portrait of a Young Woman" by Petrus Christus
	Zaz posted: Not to me, it isn't, obviously. And I don't watch Scarlett Johanson movies. Ah, well. But that one is really good. Not only the acting is great, but the art direction is simply awesome. So many scenes and shots are practically copies of Vermeer's paintings. -----signature----- "He was caught in Alicante with a sheep." "Flagrante, Chris, in flagrante." "Yeah... flagrante."
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DT421 Registered: Nov '03	Date Posted: 5/20/07 9:15am Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Portrait of a Young Woman" by Petrus Christus
	I don't know why this thread just caught my eye. I should frequent it more. Although, I should also dust off the cobwebs from my art college days first. -----signature----- rhonderoo "We have to believe in free will. We've got no choice." - Isaac Bashevis Singer "There is in every village a torch - the teacher: and an extinguisher - the clergyman." - Victor Hugo
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/20/07 9:40am Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Portrait of a Young Woman" by Petrus Christus
	You are most welcome; as you see, it isn't drawing flies, with the exception of the 159,000 posters who wished to point out to me I'd made a mistake.
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DT421 Registered: Nov '03	Date Posted: 5/20/07 12:36pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Portrait of a Young Woman" by Petrus Christus
	Pfff... Appreciating art is never a mistake. -----signature----- rhonderoo "We have to believe in free will. We've got no choice." - Isaac Bashevis Singer "There is in every village a torch - the teacher: and an extinguisher - the clergyman." - Victor Hugo
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/20/07 12:53pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Portrait of a Young Woman" by Petrus Christus - Date Edited: 5/20/07 1:52pm (2 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	Next: "The Portinari Altarpiece" by Hugo van der Goes c. 1473-8, oil on panel, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence This was commissioned by Tommaso Portinari, who came from a line of financiers (his ancestor Folco was the father of Dante's Beatrice). He and his wife and two sons are represented in the left and right panels of the piece. The angels are anemic-looking and cookie-cutter in appearance, but the shepherds are wonderfully rendered, probably from life: [image=http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/BRGPOD/210203~Head-of-the-Shepherds-Detail-from-the-Central-Panel-of-the-Portinari-Altarpiece-circ a-1479-Posters.jpg] Unfortunately, the highly talented Van der Goes suffered from a sense of personal inadequacy and depression and eventually went mad.
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DT421 Registered: Nov '03	Date Posted: 5/21/07 12:36am Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Portinari Altarpiece" by Hugo van der Goes
	Strangely enough, this one of van der Goes few surviving works, that's actually been authenticated. Kills me to think of what's been lost forever. When this piece was erected in Florence, it had an impact and influence on such Florentine greats as Ghirlandaio, Filippino Lippi, and Leonardo da Vinci. I particularly love the slightly surreal composition to this piece. -----signature----- rhonderoo "We have to believe in free will. We've got no choice." - Isaac Bashevis Singer "There is in every village a torch - the teacher: and an extinguisher - the clergyman." - Victor Hugo
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 5/26/07 8:02pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Portinari Altarpiece" by Hugo van der Goes - Date Edited: 6/3/07 10:26pm (3 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	"The Apocalypse of St. John the Evangelist" by Hans Memling 1479, oil on panel, Sint-Janshospitaal, Mamlingmuseum, Bruges This picture shows Relevation. That's the Four Horsemen in the center of the picture.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 5/28/07 6:35pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Apocalypse of St. John the Evangelist" by Memling
	His decision to represent the horseman as three round balls and a big black gear is quite interesting. -----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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DT421 Registered: Nov '03	Date Posted: 5/29/07 11:43am Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Apocalypse of St. John the Evangelist" by Memling
	I do know this piece, but I must admit that I'm not too terribly familiar with Memling's work. So many masters, so little time to become familiar with them. I'm more of an Impressionist guy myself. -----signature----- rhonderoo "We have to believe in free will. We've got no choice." - Isaac Bashevis Singer "There is in every village a torch - the teacher: and an extinguisher - the clergyman." - Victor Hugo
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 6/2/07 9:38pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Apocalypse of St. John the Evangelist" by Memling
	Once again, I'm pointing out mistakes. -----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: 6/3/07 10:37pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Apocalypse of St. John the Evangelist" by Memling
	Next: "The Dead Christ" by Andrea Mantegna c. 1480-90, tempura on canvas, Pinacoteca de Brera, Milan A painting which the artist kept for himself--rare in those days, this is a virtuoso example of draughtsmanship. Mantegna did make adjustments for the subject matter and clarity, but it is unusual in perspective. Sold after the artist's death along with his great series of drawings "Triumph of Caesar" to Charles I of England. After Charles's execution, numbers of his great art collection were sold abroad, including this one. (Cromwell kept the "Triumph of Caesar" drawings, which are still in England. The subject must have appealed to him.)
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/4/07 9:48pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Dead Christ" by Mantegna - Date Edited: 2/16/08 8:11pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	Next: Sandro Botticelli "The Birth of Venus" c. 1485, tempura on canvas, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence Venus is at centre; the winged figures are two of the Winds, Zephyr and Aura. The woman on the right is probably one of the Graces or Hours, symbolising Spring. A famous, iconic painting; but in its first two centuries not much celebrated. It is unknown who the patron was, or what the occasion. Such a large painting on a non-religious subject was rare.
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ShrunkenJedi Registered: Apr '03	Date Posted: 6/4/07 10:37pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: Sandro Botticelli "The Birth of Venus"
	I'm really sorry to pick on a spelling mistake, Zaz, but this one came out really funny... tempura on canvas? Everybody gather 'round, it's fried Venus on the Half Shell today!! Anyway, obviously a classic. Got to love the hair. -----signature----- Fanficcer and Fanartist: Check the profile! (or below) My Fanfic Index: http://boards.theforce.net/fan_fiction_resource/b10304/25405090/r30292337/
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/5/07 7:13am Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: Sandro Botticelli "The Birth of Venus" - Date Edited: 6/5/07 12:27pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	Oysters on ze half shell, anyone?
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Chancellor_Ewok Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 6/5/07 1:17pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: Sandro Botticelli "The Birth of Venus" - Date Edited: 6/5/07 1:19pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Chancellor_Ewok
	obligatory Simpsons reference What's the matter, Homer? Yeah, aint you never seen a naked chick riding a clam before? EDIT: I can post that since I've actually seen The Birth of Venus. -----signature----- http://tlongpublications.wordpress.com/ http://tlongportfolio.wordpress.com/ http://thestarsailors.wordpress.com/
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