Art in America, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Frederick Fairchild Sherman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330575067 ISBN 13: 9781330575062

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

Synopsis

Excerpt from Art in America, Vol. 6

But, while accepting the central position of the Madonna, and, in the gold cloth of honor, retaining the tradition Of the throne, Bosch has done everything to deformalize the theme. He gains a familiar quality simply by reducing the scale Of the figures. Instead of the stately Romanesque pavilion of Rogier and Memling, we have a fine ruin of a castle panoramically displayed in the background. The Madonna becomes rustic and housewifely rather than a virginal princess. The three kings become grotesque mimes, true denizens of a fairy tale. The landscape is simplified and in its somewhat bleached tonality suggests actual Observation and velleities of pleiuairisme. In every way it is a compromise between the monu mentality proper to the earlier Burgundian masters and the drastic rusticity which was Bosch's contribution to the new manner. His endeavor seems parallel to the nearly contemporary innovations of Van der Goes and Dirk Bouts and quite independent of them. If I am right in setting this Epiphany no later than 1480, it should be one of Bosch's earliest works.

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Frank Jewett Mather, Jr. (1868-1953) was an American art critic and professor. He was a frequent contributor to New York's Evening Post, The Nation, and Burlington Magazine. His books include "Art in America," "Estimates in Art," and "Concerning Beauty." He was a professor at Williams College and Princeton University. The College Art Association honors Mather with an annual award in his name, given to a writer for distinguished art criticism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1330575067
• ISBN 13: 9781330575062
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 334