Colour Symbolism in Giotto’s Arena Chapel
Sensory impressions derived from bright colours drew the onlooker from the material to the immaterial, bringing the divine into human life.
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Artful Musings
about Renaissance Art and Digital Art, alone and together
Hasan Niyazi, Art Historian, Remembered
Hasan was a mercurial force in the digital art history space, and created a devoted community of Renaissance art lovers around his blog.
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Colour Symbolism in Giotto’s Arena Chapel
Sensory impressions derived from bright colours drew the onlooker from the material to the immaterial, bringing the divine into human life.
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Caravaggio’s Counter-Reformation
Caravaggio - far from being out of step with his time - was powerfully in synch with the ideals and obsessions of Counter-Reformation Italy.
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Realism in Early Trecento Religious Painting
While realistic illusion had great power to touch the humanity of Christian followers, irreality was essential to help them transcend it.
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Perugino – Raphael’s Master
The moment I heard about this exhibition, the first outside Italy to focus on Pietro Perugino exclusively, I booked my flight.
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Reflecting on the Ghent Altarpiece
Painter Hubert van Eyck, greater than whom none has been found, began the weighty task, which his brother Jan, second in art, completed.
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