Tag renaissance painting

July 15, 2011
in Humanities, Medieval & Renaissance History

Invention and Reinvention in the French Renaissance

July 15, 2011
in Humanities, Medieval & Renaissance History

Many early perceptions of French culture saw France as “a secondary player or latecomer” to the Renaissance. Kings, Queens, and Courtiers: Art in Early Renaissance France, edited by Martha Wolff, asserts that French aristocrats and artists formed their artistic identity “by means of selective assimilation” and deserves a place as an originator of the Renaissance.

November 12, 2005
in History, Humanities, Medieval & Renaissance History

“The Exhibition of a Lifetime”

November 12, 2005
in History, Humanities, Medieval & Renaissance History

“Pinch yourself,” says Roberta Smith in the New York Times, “The Metropolitan Museum’s sublime exhibition of the Renaissance painter Fra Angelico is not a dream, much less a heavenly vision. Sure, its images are populated by figures with halos, wings or both. And yes, these motifs create a veritable mirage