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In my interpretation of Giorgione's "Tempest" as "The Rest on the Flight into Egypt", I argued that Giorgione had the audacity to portray a nude Madonna in an attempt to depict Mary as the Immaculate Conception. Although the era of the Renaissance witnessed a tremendous increase in interest in the Immaculate Conception, artists were struggling to find a way to depict the mysterious doctrine that had no settled artistic tradition to use. Below is a section from my paper that sought to explain…

Despite the escalating popularity of printed books in the sixteenth century, many of Europe’s rulers and aristocrats continued to commission books of hours for private devotion.

"Illuminating Women in the Medieval World" at the Getty Center in LA explores the lives of women in the Middle Ages through illuminated manuscripts.

The Stein Quadriptych was likely created in Bruges, and it has been attributed to Simon Bening and associates, ca. 1525-30. This collection of sixty-four miniatures is mounted in four panels, each in sets of sixteen miniatures per panel. The ensemble of miniatures was first cited in scholarly literature as the Stein Quadriptych because the earliest known owner of the collection was Charles Stein until 1886. The miniatures seem to have been dismantled at some point and then reassembled in…

Simon Benning - Hennessy hours Labours of the months [1530-40] Harrowing, sowing & feeding the pigs with acorns Bruxelles, Bibliothèque Royale Albert ler Brussels, Royal Library of Belgium ms II 158 fol-9v September Image-source: balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=Y000058&objnr=2002722...

The Stein Quadriptych was likely created in Bruges, and it has been attributed to Simon Bening and associates, ca. 1525-30. This collection of sixty-four miniatures is mounted in four panels, each in sets of sixteen miniatures per panel. The ensemble of miniatures was first cited in scholarly literature as the Stein Quadriptych because the earliest known owner of the collection was Charles Stein until 1886. The miniatures seem to have been dismantled at some point and then reassembled in…

A fine image of private devotion painted on vellum and mounted on wood, illuminated in the workshop of Simon Bening.

Da Costa Hours, in Latin Illuminated by Simon Bening (1483/84–1561) Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1515 MS M.399 Morgan Library

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