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Tag Archives: Rogier van der Weyden
such a pretty girl why are you crying?
How will I know you when I see you / In the bareness of spring I will know you by starlight / Where the road’s echoes sing How will I love you when I know you / In the greyness … Continue reading
pontificating over pi
Finding patterns in the random.It is an accepted fact that our world is composed up of golden spirals. That is, the human being is made up of spirals and collectively we are living within one huge spiral. The question is, … Continue reading
oil spill
Probably the best one price oil paint on the art market. No series 2 or 3 at inflated prices. Pigments are fairly good and an ideal value for painters that use oil in quantity and like to work with palette … Continue reading
memling: serenity among the swords
When interest in Hans Memling revived, about a century and a half ago, the truth about him, unearthed from archives in Bruges was not as romantic as previously conjectured. Memling was not Flemish, but German, and he had arrived in … Continue reading
Memling: magic in the mediocre
For in the metaphysical sense, if not the technical, Hans Memling was a primitive. And this is seen in his depiction of the mystery plays, which began as simple little tableaux performed in church and intended to beguile and inform … Continue reading
memling: pious little pictures
The painting of A Lady with a Pink hangs in New York’s Metropolitan Museum. The pink, a flower that can symbolize betrothal, was the creation of Hans Memling whose realistic, but highly refined portraits mirrored fifteenth century Flemish society. Hans … Continue reading
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