Hans Memling - Triptych of Vanity and Salvation ca. 1485

1. Click player below to start the music.

2. Click the image to dive into the art.

3. Study for two and a half minutes this great piece of art and all the drama.

Maestro Hans Memling is hardly a household name, but his artwork deserves close attention. Although his topics are typical for his day and age - it’s his intensity and skill that impresses me.

Amazing work!

orangeguru (07-20 23:57) | Permalink
Tags: european art, painting, triptych

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28. March 2008 -- J.M.W.Turner - Rain, Steam, and Speed
21. March 2008 -- John William Waterhouse - St. Eulalia 1885
10. February 2008 -- Edward Coley Burne-Jones - Saint George 1877
8. January 2008 -- Albrecht Dürer - Self-Portrait 1500
27. December 2007 -- Paul Gauguin - Self-portrait with Portrait of Bernard (Les Misérables) 1888
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Comments

4 responses to:
'Hans Memling - Triptych of Vanity and Salvation ca. 1485'

July 21st, 2008 at 23:25

great blog-art!
Today i read a contribution in ´Spiegel` (www.spiegel.de/spiegel/0,1518,567038,00.html) in the tenor: ” Oh, this poor ´Beta-Blogger`in Germany” vs. the famous Alpha-Star-Blogger in US… but it go unheeded any charming german-blogs with poetry, art and other matter except politics or currently news-reports…