Form & Art

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Book of hours.
Ms. Ludwig IX 12 (83.ML.108)
Right: fol. 14v, "The Annunciation".
ca. 1460
Naples, Campania, Italy.
Artist unknown

You can almost feel the silence of the landscape accompanying St. John.
“Landscape with St. John on Patmos”, 1640. Nicolas Poussin

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Form and Art. Biography of Nicolas Poussin

The violence and tension of the figures is only slightly attenuated by the clarity of the colours.
“The abduction of the Sabine women”, 1638. Nicolas Poussin

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Form and Art. Biography of Nicolas Poussin

When order and symmetry take over the baroque.
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Nicolas Poussin: fundador de la tradición clásica francesa (founder of the classic French tradition)

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Even though it is a painting, the gazes are an eloquent dialogue.
“Et in Arcadia ego”, 1683. Nicolas Poussin

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Form and Art. Biography of Nicolas Poussin

Intimacy, serenity, closeness. Many things could be said, but a picture is worth a thousand words.
“Rosa and Bertha Gugger”, 1883. Albert Anker

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Form and Art. Biography of Albert Anker

Anker: La vida familiar expresada en el arte (Family life expressed through art)

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It is not just two generations sharing, but also passing on and receiving a legacy.
“Reading devotions to grandfather”, 1893. Albert Anker

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Form and Art. Biography of Albert Anker

The painter hidden in his work. Can you find him?.
“Resurrection of the son of Theophilus (ft. Filippino Lippi)”, 1427. Masaccio

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Form and Art. Biography of Masaccio

Form and Art. Biography of Masaccio