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Jusepe de Ribera, The Penitent St. Peter, c. 1612-13
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art:
This painting, powerfully expressive and of exceptional formal invention, depicts Saint Peter in the moment in which – his eyes red with tears and his hands clasped in prayer – he acknowledges his denial of Christ. Spanish by birth, Ribera moved to Italy when he was a young man and is documented in Rome from 1612. He immediately became one of the most important and influential followers of Caravaggio’s style. Ribera’s art was fundamental in the development of painting in Europe in the seventeenth century. This is one of his first paintings, first mentioned in 1644 in the collection of Cardinal Benedetto Monaldi Baldeschi in Rome.
Jusepe de Ribera, The Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, c. early 1620s
From the National Gallery, London:
The dead Christ is supported by Saint John the Evangelist. The Virgin laments by his side while the Magdalen leans forward to kiss his feet. This incident is not described in the Gospels, but forms part of a long pictorial tradition.
Ribera painted several Lamentations and Depositions most notably a ‘Lamentation’ in an upright composition of 1637 (Naples, Certosa di San Martino). However, the National Gallery work appears to be his earliest surviving painting of the subject. It is marked by the influence of Caravaggio in its directness and lack of idealisation. Ribera painted the picture in Naples and it has been suggested that it is the work he executed for the Genoese nobleman Marcantonio Doria in 1623.
Jusepe de Ribera, St. Andrew, 1630-32
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Dennis Hopper & John Huston
Oh nothing much just Dennis Hopper and John Huston enjoying some Jim Beam together.
(Source: the-two-germanys, via hodgman)
May 06
“ Many men wrote to say that the real crisis these days is male underconfidence. Here’s a law student from Chicago: “I firmly believe one of the unintended consequences of the feminist revolution has been that men in my generation are raised without a strong self-identity, and, in essence, grow up to be little more than boys looking for mothers.
May 04
Jan Van Eyck, Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, 1434
Things to think about when studying:
- What elements of the painting suggest this is a marriage portrait?
- What tells you that the Dutch were trading with other countries during this time?
- Where is Van Eyck showing himself in this portrait?
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