Hans Memling – Triptych of Vanity and Salvation ca. 1485

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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 (2008-07-20 | 23:57) | Permalink
Tags: european art, painting, triptych

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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` (http://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…