Medieval altarpiece

From the Altarpiece, aka, (Adoration of the Mystic Lamb) at Ghent (1432) by Jan van Eyck (1390-1441) Hegel took the central of these three figures, seated between Mary and John the Baptist, to be a representation of God the Father in the form of Jesus the Son. In his Aesthetics III. 1.2.(α)(αa), T. M. Knox translation (1975), he wrote: The first topic is the object of love itself in its simple universality and undisturbed unity with itself—i.e. God in his essence, devoid of any appearance…

Ratgeb, Joerg (1480-1526): Barbara-Altar in the city church Schwaigern, Swabia - Wikimedia

Saint Catherine Unknown Flemish artist Late 15th century

Masterpiece painted in 1432 in St Bavo’s Cathedral in Ghent reopens with display case described as ‘perfect’

“View the back side, 1311 #duccio #protorenaissance”

After many decades of restoration, the High Altar of Kisszeben (Sabinov, Slovakia) has been assembled in the Hungarian National Gallery. The restoration of one of the largest and most ornate winged altars from the medieval period of the Kingdom of Hungary began in 1954 and was completed in the summer of 2020. The high altar was put on view from 24 September at the Gallery’s exhibition titled Late Gothic Winged Altarpieces (it is currently not on view due to the national lockdown). I wrote on…

Jan van Eyck was a Flemish painter active in Bruges. He is one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art.

Bonaventura Berlinghieri Saint Francis Altarpiece ca. 1260-72