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- Herausgeber: Publisher s13381
- Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
- Sprache: Englisch
Quentin Massys is one of the main figures of the early Flemish school in Antwerp. The artist was born in Leuven, where he received his initial education, probably started his career as a member of the blacksmith guild there, and then switched to that of the artists. After starting his career in Leuven, Massys moved to live and work in Antwerp, where actually established himself as a master-painter and worked there for more than two decades. He has been painting, like most of his contemporaries, mostly religious themes, but at the beginning of his career, he has demonstrated a harsh satirical feeling even in this canonical genre. His paintings have a strong influence on Rogier Van der Weyden, Hans Memling and especially Dirk Bouts. After his long, fruitful stay in Antwerp, the artist returns to his native Leuven, where he painted his most famous paintings for the rest of his life, ironizing human vices such as greed and lust. His most famous satires include A Portrait of an Elderly Man, The Money Changer and His Wife, and The Ugly Duchess.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018
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Quentin Matsys
Drawings & Paintings (Annotated)
Annotated by Raya Yotova
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Foreword
Paintings and Drawings
Foreword
Quentin Massys is one of the main figures of the early Flemish school in Antwerp. The artist was born in Leuven, where he received his initial education, probably started his career as a member of the blacksmith guild there, and then switched to that of the artists.
After starting his career in Leuven, Massys moved to live and work in Antwerp, where actually established himself as a master-painter and worked there for more than two decades.
He has been painting, like most of his contemporaries, mostly religious themes, but at the beginning of his career, he has demonstrated a harsh satirical feeling even in this canonical genre.
His paintings have a strong influence on Rogier Van der Weyden, Hans Memling and especially Dirk Bouts.
After his long, fruitful stay in Antwerp, the artist returns to his native Leuven, where he painted his most famous paintings for the rest of his life, ironizing human vices such as greed and lust. His most famous satires include A Portrait of an Elderly Man, The Money Changer and His Wife, and The Ugly Duchess.
It is, however, exaggerated to say that he was just a moralist artist. He is the author of a number of splendidly painted church altars, as well as masterly painted portraits.
In all of its paintings, Quentin Massys demonstrates the perfect color sense and oil painting technique. His colors are bright, clear and as transparent, and his ability to capture the most distinctive features of the character of his models and to give his mental state makes him one of the most penetrating and psychologically true artists of his age.
Another characteristic feature of his style is his passion for painting richly decorated interiors as well as extraordinary fine details in the clothing and the accessories of his sitters for portraiture. In this respect, his realism reaches perfectionism and becomes a model and inspiration for several generations of Flemish artists after him, including Peter Paul Rubens.
