Joos van Craesbeeck . Joos van Craesbeeck (c. 1605/06 – c. 1660) was a Flemish baker … yes. Also a painter, and a very interesting and daring… Read more “The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (VII)”
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The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (VI)
Lovis Corinth Lovis Corinth is the artistic name of German painter Franz Heinrich Louis Corinth (1858, Tapiau, Prussia – 1925, Zanvoort, The Netherlands). He studied painting in… Read more “The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (VI)”
The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (V)
Matthias Grünewald and the Isenheim Altarpiece Most paintings by the German Late Gothic–Renaissance master Matthias (or Mathis) Grünewald (ca. 1470 – 1528) lay in the bottom of the Baltic… Read more “The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (V)”
The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (IV)
Salvator Rosa – A forerruner of Romanticism Fifteen months ago I started a series of posts on this gripping and fruitful subject –one of the most depicted… Read more “The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (IV)”
The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (II)
Martin Schöngauer and the very young Michelangelo Buonarroti One of the best depictions of the ordeals that St. Anthony Abbot went through during his retirement in the… Read more “The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (II)”
The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (I)
Introduction – 20th century Temptations by Salvador Dalí and Max Ernst The plights of Saint Anthony the Great (or Anthony of Egypt or Anthony Abbot) during his… Read more “The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (I)”