How can visual artists express non-visual concepts like the senses, virtues, the struggle between good and evil? Examples from Botticelli, Tintoretto, Rubens, and others.
Bellini
It’s not a colour at all, say some, while the Impressionists wanted to banish it from the palette. But throughout the history of painting, the blackest black has remained vital.
Let these paintings fool you: that’s what they’re all about. Happy April Fool’s Day!
The advent of wet-in-wet, canvas supports, fewer layers, impasto, and visible brushstrokes.
Did Antonello da Messina learn to paint with oils in Flanders, and bring back a revolution to Italy?
We know almost nothing about his life, and very few works can be robustly attributed to his hand. But he was one of the most important artists in history.
Taking stock on which narratives should be used, and what techniques should be used to represent them in paintings.
Was painterly style a Venetian phenomenon, or was it more widespread in the early sixteenth century?
Study 25 landscapes by 19 artists over 400 years, to examine how they represent the landscape.
