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Description:The Renaissance and the age of Humanism, followed by the religious crises of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, gave rise in Flanders to a strongly Mannerist art, very different from the simple fervor of the Primitives, which led up to the flowering of the Baroque style. But none of the disciplines imposed by new art forms, however alluring, could curb the native brio of the Flemish painters. Drawing on the resources of an imagination as subtle as it was prodigious, they conjured up a world of brilliant fantasy, with an audacity and verve that knew no limits.First, Bosch and Patinir magnified landscape till it dominated the entire picture. Then, in the heart of this cosmic vision of nature, Bruegel, shrewdest moralist of his time, restored his place to Man, whose grandeur and shortcomings he scanned with an impartial, penetrating eye. His great pictures seem to pulse with the seasons, governed by the eternal rhythms of Nature. Next came Rubens, who solved all the problems of expression and movement in his vast religious compositions and masterly sketches, in his rapturous, tree-shaded landscapes and his glorious nudes. His successors were Van Dyck, who gave his figures a gracious elegance, and Jordaens, who carried a stage further the plenitude of his forms. This volume, however, is not limited to the achievement of a few outstanding figures, giants of the age. It also contains perceptive studies of the hardly less brilliant, sometimes intriguing personalities who gravitated in their orbit; it traces, moreover, the trends of thought leading up to this grand expression of the genius of a race. Text and illustrations combine to give a vivid and faithful picture of Flemish art in its second Golden Age.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Flemish Painting From Bosch To Rubens. To get started finding Flemish Painting From Bosch To Rubens, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 204

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Skira Rizzoli

Release: 1958

ISBN: 1131611977

Description: The Renaissance and the age of Humanism, followed by the religious crises of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, gave rise in Flanders to a strongly Mannerist art, very different from the simple fervor of the Primitives, which led up to the flowering of the Baroque style. But none of the disciplines imposed by new art forms, however alluring, could curb the native brio of the Flemish painters. Drawing on the resources of an imagination as subtle as it was prodigious, they conjured up a world of brilliant fantasy, with an audacity and verve that knew no limits.First, Bosch and Patinir magnified landscape till it dominated the entire picture. Then, in the heart of this cosmic vision of nature, Bruegel, shrewdest moralist of his time, restored his place to Man, whose grandeur and shortcomings he scanned with an impartial, penetrating eye. His great pictures seem to pulse with the seasons, governed by the eternal rhythms of Nature. Next came Rubens, who solved all the problems of expression and movement in his vast religious compositions and masterly sketches, in his rapturous, tree-shaded landscapes and his glorious nudes. His successors were Van Dyck, who gave his figures a gracious elegance, and Jordaens, who carried a stage further the plenitude of his forms. This volume, however, is not limited to the achievement of a few outstanding figures, giants of the age. It also contains perceptive studies of the hardly less brilliant, sometimes intriguing personalities who gravitated in their orbit; it traces, moreover, the trends of thought leading up to this grand expression of the genius of a race. Text and illustrations combine to give a vivid and faithful picture of Flemish art in its second Golden Age.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Flemish Painting From Bosch To Rubens. To get started finding Flemish Painting From Bosch To Rubens, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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