Matthias Grünewald, The Resurrection from The Isenheim Altarpiece, 1512-16. Musée Unterlinden, Colmar. This Monday, 1 June, at 6pm, I will give a talk about Mathis Gothart Nithart, who is better known to us as Matthias Grünewald. This isn’t related to an exhibition – more’s the pity – but to my visit to Colmar with ArtemisiaContinue reading “276 – Looking beyond”
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275 – Then Mary gathered cherries
Workshop of Martin Schongauer, The Virgin and Child in a Garden, 1470s or early 1480s. The National Gallery, London. Martin Schongauer, who I will be talking about this Monday, 18 May at 6pm, is most renowned for his engravings, of which many have survived. As one of a family of goldsmiths, working metal would haveContinue reading “275 – Then Mary gathered cherries”
Happy Easter (again)!
Andrea Bonaiuti, The Resurrection, 1365-8. The Spanish Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Happy Easter! That’s the main reason for this post, to be honest: to wish you a Happy Easter, if you celebrate, and, if you don’t, in the hope you are enjoying the long holiday weekend, if you are UK based. There’s no talkContinue reading “Happy Easter (again)!”
259 – There are more things in Heaven and Earth…
Fra Angelico, The Forerunners of Christ with Saints and Martyrs, about 1423-4. The National Gallery, London. So far I have discussed most of what can be seen in the glorious Fra Angelico exhibition/s in Florence, covering the first room in San Marco and most rooms in the Palazzo Strozzi. However, if you manage to getContinue reading “259 – There are more things in Heaven and Earth…”
258 – Who’s Who in Heaven?
Fra Angelico, The Virgin Mary with the Apostles and Other Saints, about 1423-4. The National Gallery, London. Greetings from Florence! I’m currently in the middle of introducing a second group to the delights of the first half of the 15th century, with a rich array of works related to the career of Guido di Pietro,Continue reading “258 – Who’s Who in Heaven?”
257 – Unite the Kingdom (of Heaven)
Fra Angelico, Christ Glorified in the Court of Heaven, about 1423-24. The National Gallery, London. I have just returned from my first visit to the glorious exhibition Fra Angelico in Florence. Spread across two venues – Palazzo Strozzi and San Marco – it is the most comprehensive collection of works by this Dominican master thatContinue reading “257 – Unite the Kingdom (of Heaven)”
The Annunciation, again (again)
Veit Stoss, The Annunciation, 1517-18, St Lorenzkirche, Nuremberg. Another repost, as I’m on holiday in Shetland (although for obvious reasons I wrote this before I left home). As my talk, this Monday 4 August at 6pm, will be particularly concerned with Duccio’s Annunciation, I thought I’d look back to a far different version of the narrativeContinue reading “The Annunciation, again (again)”
252 – Beauty and the Beast
Netherlandish or French, The Madonna and Child with Saints Louis and Margaret, about 1510. The National Gallery, London. My first talk about the newly refurbished Sainsbury wing, this Monday, 30 June at 6pm, is entitled Opening up the North. There are various reasons for choosing this title, which I will discuss during the talk itself.Continue reading “252 – Beauty and the Beast”
248 – More value than many sparrows
Max Liebermann, Free Time in the Amsterdam Orphanage, 1881-82. Städel Museum, Frankfurt. German Impressionism – the subject of my talk on Monday, 19 May – was not a direct rejection of the pristine surfaces and clear, crisp colours of the Nazarenes, who I talked about earlier this week, but it so easily could have been.Continue reading “248 – More value than many sparrows”
247 – In the midst of the doctors?
Marie Ellenrieder, Christ in the Temple, 1849. Royal Collection Trust. My next stop on the journey through early modern German art will be The Nazarenes, this Monday, 12 May at 6pm. If you’ve never heard of them, don’t worry, but they are rather wonderful and should be known! Nevertheless, a striking feature of the HistoryContinue reading “247 – In the midst of the doctors?”
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