Category: Antonello da Messina

• St Jerome’s home office is fit for a genius

  

  For centuries, people had their portrait painted to reinforce their role in society. It had little to do with our modern, lonely desire to feel seen for who we really are. Do we still believe a person can be described from a single viewpoint? Or is multimedia replacing the official painted portrait?

  Diane Tucker

  2022-05-22

  Antonello da Messina, Art History, Diane Tucker, Lion, Niccolo Antonio Colantonio, Renaissance portraits, Saint Jerome in His Study

  Alfred Stieglitz, Antonio da Messina, David Valdez, Diane Tucker, Great stories about great paintings, Niccolo Antonio Colantonio, Renaissance art, Saint Jerome in His Study