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Chancellor_Ewok Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 6/18/07 1:52pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Creation of Adam" by Michelangelo
	Zaz posted: They've recently been cleaned, so the colours may be different than in the reproductions. They were cleaned just before I went to Italy, in 2002, and yes, the colours are much brighter than in photographs. -----signature----- http://tlongpublications.wordpress.com/ http://tlongportfolio.wordpress.com/ http://thestarsailors.wordpress.com/
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/18/07 9:32pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Creation of Adam" by Michelangelo - Date Edited: 6/18/07 9:33pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	Next: "The Crucifixion (Isenheim Altarpiece)" by Mathis Grunewald c. 1515, oil on panel, Unterlinden Museum, Colmar Very grim-looking crucifixion, with the Virgin Mary on the left, supported by St. John Evangelist; Mary Magdalene kneeling, and St. John the Baptist on the right. Painted for the Bishop of Metz's hospital at Colmar.
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Hammurabi Registered: Jan '07	Date Posted: 6/18/07 10:09pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Crucifixion (Isenheim Altarpiece)" by Mathis Grunew
	Aren't most crucifixions rather grim? -----signature----- i never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/18/07 10:31pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Crucifixion (Isenheim Altarpiece)" by Mathis Grunew
	Well, some are grimmer than others. This one was for a hospital, so they gave him a nasty skin condition. And his hands look...odd.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/19/07 11:16pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Crucifixion (Isenheim Altarpiece)" by Mathis Grunew
	Next: "Landscape with St. Jerome" by Joachim Patinir c. 1516-18, oil on panel, Museo del Prado, Madrid The first great landscape artist Patinir painted St. Jerome in 5 of his 19 surviving pictures. St. Jerome lives as a monk and hermit in the Syrian desert, and he has a pet lion. Scenes from his life are illustrated in bird's eye and eye level views, with paths leading from one to the other.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/20/07 10:11pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Landscape with St. Jerome" by Joachim Patinir
	Next: "Madonna of St. Jerome" by Correggio c. 1528, oil on panel, Galleria Nazionale, Parma An originally designed altarpiece. Madonna and child in the centre, Mary Magdalene on the right, and St. Jerome on the left.
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duende Registered: Apr '06	Date Posted: 6/20/07 10:29pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Madonna of St. Jerome" by Correggio
	Zaz posted: Next: "The Lamentation" by Giotto c. 1305, fresco, Arena Chapel, Padua The dead Christ is taken down from the cross and is held in the arms of various mourners. His mother cradles his head, Mary Magdelene his feet. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus stand at the right. St. John the Evangelist flings his arms back in the centre. The tree at the right looks dead, but has buds on it. Wow man, that dude was totally advanced for his time and stuff! Cosmic! -----signature----- My name is JOCELYN. ))<>((
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/20/07 10:49pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Madonna of St. Jerome" by Correggio
	Just a bit late with ze quip, hein? That was four pages ago.
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duende Registered: Apr '06	Date Posted: 6/20/07 10:53pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Madonna of St. Jerome" by Correggio
	Don't feel bad, as it's a beautiful mistake. When something like this comes around, I really can't resist playing with it. Take that as you will. It is interesting (though I suppose not surprising) that most of these are Humanist works, at least so far. -----signature----- My name is JOCELYN. ))<>((
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/22/07 8:07pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Madonna of St. Jerome" by Correggio
	I don't feel bad at all, I assure you. Next: "The Judgement of Paris" by Lucas Cranach the Elder c. 1530, oil on panel, Saint Louis Art Museum Cranach painted lots of variations of this scene; this isn't the one in the book, but it is very similar.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 6/23/07 7:46pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Judgement of Paris" by Lucas Cranach the Elder
	Grunewald's crucifixion is one of my favorites. Contrary to popular opinion, very few crucifixions really are very grim. Most of them are idealized; but Christ in this one seems utterly emaciated and sick. -----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: 6/24/07 7:41pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Judgement of Paris" by Lucas Cranach the Elder
	"The Ambassadors" by Hans Holbein the Younger c. 1533, oil on panel, National Gallery, London The subjects of this portrait are Jean de Dinteville (left), and and Georges de Selve (right), ambassadors from Francois I of France to Henry VIII of England. They were friends, and shared several ideas; religious toleration was one. Their surroundings reflect this. The floor is the one created by Italian craftsmen for the shrine of Edward the Confessor, in Westminster Abbey. There is a just-visible crucifix in the left upper corner. There is a death's-head on Dinteville's hat...which explains the huge elongated skull in the foreground, a fashionable technical device at the time.
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darth_frared Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 6/25/07 3:04am Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Ambassadors" by Hans Holbein the Younger
	oh how i love holbein! the way this hangs in the antional gallery is that you walk towards it through a number of rooms - i still have no idea what all the other paintings are, this one is so magnificient. -----signature----- are you out of your vulcan mind?
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/25/07 7:55am Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Ambassadors" by Hans Holbein the Younger
	Yes, Holbein is very brilliant...one of my favorites.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/25/07 10:20pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Ambassadors" by Hans Holbein the Younger
	Next: "The Annunciation" by Lorenzo Lotto c. 1534, oil on canvas, Pinacoteca Civica, Recancati This is an altarpiece. Can't say I like it much; all three figure look a bit awkward.
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