Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors, 1533, oil on oak, 207 x 209.5 cm (The National Gallery, London). View this work up close on the Google Art Project.. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Clase magistral. Y como en los videos que he visto, las voces de los especialistas con la sencillez y naturalidad que hacen tan agradable el análisis de las obras.
the german Hans Holbein , court painter henry VIII, was able to paint with incredible realism, traits people, like your clothes, hair, and objects of the environment of the person, of different materials, like glass, wood, metal, etc, in my opinion was the best portrait painter of history
Really? He trained in Germany, worked in Augsburg, with his German painter father...he was German. If I go and work in Paris, does that make me French? His training and background, as well as his national identity, were German - Basel was German-speaking, so it may appear to be splitting hairs in a way, but he's rarely called a Swiss painter.
As I understand it, Holbein left Augsburg early in his life and eventually settled in Basel when he was about 18 years old (by 1515). His father and brother also landed in Switzerland. It makes perfect sense to say that he was born and raised in Germany, but his professional career as an artist wasn't there. In a similar way, de Kooning is often seen as an American artist despite the fact that he was raised and trained in The Netherlands.
Just to sow confusion... the Tate thinks he is a British painter: "Hans Holbein (1497/8-1543) was the first great British artist, and is regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time." -> www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/holbein-england
I have a friend who did a study of the skull in the painting from the perspective, pun intended, of the transformation and the mechanics used to draw it. Check it out at: watch?v=ffOVgC_Cdxw
I think the skull effect on the floor looks like a roll of thin stiffened leather skin.(e.g..goat skin)This was used to have map drawings on in centuries gone by.
of course, it is the one with the anime profile picture criticizing... get a grip lad, they are renowed art historians. share useful opinions; refrain from trying to dumb down the public here, likewise.
