Renaissance
The Renaissance north and south: the Flemish Primitives of Bruges, Leonardo da Vinci, the School of Fontainebleau.
Diptych of Maarten van Nieuwenhove at the St. John's Hospital Memling Museum of Bruges
martin van nieuwenhove Presentation and description of the Diptych of Maarten van Nieuwenhove, whose painter Hans Memling, visible at the Memling Museum, Old St. John's Hospital of Bruges
Triptych of John the Baptist and John the Evangelist at the St. John's Hospital Memling Museum of Bruges
Triptych of John the Baptist and John the Evangelist at the St. John's Hospital Memling Museum of Bruges text and image presenting the Triptych of John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, work of Hans Memling, seenable at the Memling Museum, Old St. John's Hospital of Bruges
St. Ursula Shrine at the St. John's Hospital Memling Museum of Bruges
saint-ursula Presentation and description of the Shrine de St. Ursula, whose painter Hans Memling decorated four side panels in 1489, visible at the Memling Museum, Old St. John's Hospital of Bruges, and the text of the 154th chapter “The Golden Legend” written by Jacobus de Voragine, entitled “the Eleven Thousand Virgins”
Diana
diana Text extract from chapter 'Actæon' of book III of Ovid's Metamorphoses and used by painter Francesco Primaticcio to realise the portrait of Diana of Poitiers exposed in the Castle of Chenonceau
The Mona Lisa according to Theophile Gautier
gautier presentation of the text written by Theophile Gautier in 1867 on the portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo, known as «Monna Lisa, the Gioconda» or «the Joconde».
The Mona Lisa according to Giorgio Vasari
vasari presentation of the text written by Giorgio Vasari in 1568 and constituting one of the first descriptions of the portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo, known as «Monna Lisa, the Gioconda» or «the Joconde».
