Dose of Art #166: Hans Memling – Flowers in a Jug (c. 1480)
Flowers in a Jug was made around the same time as yesterdays St. John the Baptist. At first sight, there’s […]
German Art
Dose of Art #159: Caspar David Friedrich – Das Eismeer (c. 1823 – 1824)
Let us continue with Caspar David Friedrich, whose portrait we saw yesterday. Today’s painting Das Eismeer (The Sea of Ice) […]
Dose of Art #158: Caroline Bardua – portrait of Caspar David Friedrich (1810)
This is not about Carolina Bardua – a German painter who made primarily portraits – but about who she painted. […]
Dose of Art #131: Albrecht Dürer – Self-Portrait (1498)
The German painter Dürer has made three self-portraits, and this is the second one, made when he was 26. He […]
Dose of Art #110: Hans Holbein – Sir Thomas More (1527)
Sir Thomas More is now well known as a scholar and the writer of Utopia, but he was also a […]
Dose of Art #107: Arnold Böcklin – Self-Portrait with Death as a Fiddler (1872)
It is interesting to see how painters portrait themselves in their paintings. It is like an early version of our […]
Dose of Art #82: Lucas Cranach the Elder – Diana and Actaeon (c. 1518)
Like many of Ovid’s stories, the one about Actaeon and Diana is about fate being unjust and cruel. While hunting […]
Dose of Art #55: Caspar David Friedrich – Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer (c. 1819)
Caspar David Friedrich was part of the Romantic movement and is best known for his moody – mystic- landscapes. The […]