Author: FRANCISCO DE ZURBARÁN, CEES NOOTEBOOM
Title: Zurbarán. Selected Paintings 1625-1664
Description: Schirmer/Mosel Verlag , 2015. Gekartonneerd. Pp: 131. The strange, very Catholic world of Francisco denZurbarán`s paintings is as fascinating today as it isnessentially foreign. Christ on the Cross, dead martyrs,nremote saints, meditating monks, the superiors ofnorders that have long since been dissolved, all appearnin images, usually with a black ground, so realisticallynone feels one could reach out and touch them. And yetnthey have the feel of messengers from a differentnworld.nIn his essay for this book, Dutch writer CeesnNooteboom compares Zurbarán`s figures with aliens:n"From their faces with wide-open eyes comes a raynthat is precisely not that of death, but speaks of ansilent ecstasy, a mystical devoutness that is nonlonger of this world." For Zurbarán (1598"1664),na contemporary of Velázquez and Murillo, paintingnand religious immersion were two sides of the samenexercise. Perhaps it is precisely this aspect of his artnthat is ensuring his images are once again attractingnso much interest. ISBN: 9783829607384. Cond./Kwaliteit: Ramsj.
Keywords: 9783829607384
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Title: Zurbarán. Selected Paintings 1625-1664
Description: Schirmer/Mosel Verlag , 2015. Gekartonneerd. Pp: 131. The strange, very Catholic world of Francisco denZurbarán`s paintings is as fascinating today as it isnessentially foreign. Christ on the Cross, dead martyrs,nremote saints, meditating monks, the superiors ofnorders that have long since been dissolved, all appearnin images, usually with a black ground, so realisticallynone feels one could reach out and touch them. And yetnthey have the feel of messengers from a differentnworld.nIn his essay for this book, Dutch writer CeesnNooteboom compares Zurbarán`s figures with aliens:n"From their faces with wide-open eyes comes a raynthat is precisely not that of death, but speaks of ansilent ecstasy, a mystical devoutness that is nonlonger of this world." For Zurbarán (1598"1664),na contemporary of Velázquez and Murillo, paintingnand religious immersion were two sides of the samenexercise. Perhaps it is precisely this aspect of his artnthat is ensuring his images are once again attractingnso much interest. ISBN: 9783829607384. Cond./Kwaliteit: Ramsj.
Keywords: 9783829607384
Price: EUR 9.95 = appr. US$ 10.81 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 1541346
- Book number: 1541346
See more books from our catalog: Kunst