Dr Robert Bohanさんのイラストまとめ

Lamentation over the Dead Christ (c1490) is a powerful image of grief. In this work the painter puts every ounce of his faith into one image. The painting confronts us with both the belief & the genius of the Italian artist.

His portraits of women lack the veracity of his men. They are presented in almost heraldic form. Allegory of Abundance (1480-5), Portrait of a Young Woman (c1480) & Young Woman (1480-5)

Fortitude (1470). He did however create images that were not religious. These were for sophisticated patrons who were interested in the new learning & the awareness of the ancients that characterised the Renaissance.

To give you something serene on a misty Sunday: Botticelli (c1445-1510) was one of the great masters of the Renaissance. His paintings have been treasured for their serene beauty, lyrical lines & distilled composition. Let’s take a look at his work. I find his approach inspiring!

Dutch painting is represented by all the greatest exponents of the school. Jan Lievens (c1631) Portrait of a Young Man, Rembrandt (c1645) Woman in Bed & Self-Portrait aged 51 (1657). The Lievens is arguably his greatest work

There are a number of dramatic Flemish works including some showstoppers by Van Dyck. Rubens’ (1635-8) The Feast of Herod & Van Dyck’s St Sebastian (c1620) & The Lomellini Family (1626-7). Van Dyck returned to the homoerotic Sebastian regularly

There is a small but extremely choice collection of Spanish works. El Greco (1577-9) An Allegory, Velázquez (1618) An Old Woman Cooking Eggs & Murillo’s Personification of Summer (1640). The Old Woman is one of Velázquez’s earliest works.

Jacopo Bassano’s Adoration of the Kings (1542), Guercino’s The Virgin & Child (c1615) & Giovanni Battista Pittoni’s (1725) The Apotheosis of St Jerome with St Peter of Alcántara & a Franciscan. The historic-style hanging of works in the museum add to their dramatic qualities.

Together with with Akseli Gallen-Kalela & Jean Sibelius, Halonen helped create a strong sense of Finnish identity. Kotakoski (1932), Boys Swimming (nd), Children Reading (1916) & Girl Writing (1911)

As he grew older studies of his children figure larger & are completed with great tenderness. Girl Reading (1918), Summer Evening (1918), Hay Stacks (1919) & Spring Shore (1920)