User:Ceoil/Saint Luke

de Vries

 * Maria Lactans
 * inversion of the leading figures
 * shifted the attention away from the religious - towards the artistic
 * Tribute to both his and Jan's powers
 * Silverpoint: "contemporary artistic practice in which the use of models and prototypes was widespread"
 * reveals artistic consciousness by commenting upon artistic traditions and by doing so presents a visual argument for the role and function of the artist and his art, one at that time still predominantly religiously defined.

Met

 * Gothic legacy of stylized patterning with a new sense of naturalism
 * intricate program of symbols
 * enclosed garden, carved figures,


 * Provenance