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#FLEMISH EYE: Sanctity of the Bourgeois

All that is needed to appreciate Flemish painting, Michelangelo once observed, are two eyes and an interest in facts. He was alluding to the intense realism, the extreme precision, and the illusionistic impression of light and atmosphere with which the … Continue reading

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