Talk:Hans Memling

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[edit] John Donne

Donne was born in 1572, and as such it seems unlikely that he could have commissioned anything from Memling's hand. Was there an earlier notable Sir John Donne? (FWIW, thanks for uploading the Death, Vanity, and Hell triptych, it's one of my favourite paintings.) -- Smerdis of Tlön 04:55, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Stub now started for correct Sir JD. The poet was never knighted of course - somebody added a lazy redirect. Johnbod 21:38, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Category: Renaissance

Do you really think, that Memling is a Renaissance painter. I am certainly not an expert in art, but from what I was taught in school und when looking at his marvellous pictures, I don't see a piece of Renaissance...--Kresspahl 18:53, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Hans Memling is an early Renaissance painter. He was one of the first -if not the first- to paint realistic, true-to-life portraits. This is characteristic of humanism. The portrait as a genre didn't even exist in mediaeval art. - Karl Stas 12:09, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

hm, if this right, then renaissance wasn't generated in Italy but by a German in Flanders? That somehow blows up my understanding. I always thought the Italian Renaissance has set up on Memling but added to it more dimension--Kresspahl 18:47, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

The Renaissance obviously wasn't "generated" by anyone. There are obvious differences between late Gothic art and the art of the early Netherlandish painters (the so-called "Flemish Primitives": Van Eyck, van der Goes, Memling etc.), but there is no clear break between the two. There never is a clear break between periods or styles. And as we all know, the Renaissance began in Italy. The art of Giotto and the poems Petrarca were the first manifestations of a new spirit. - Karl Stas 10:45, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

I suggest you read the Northern Renaissance article. - Karl Stas 10:49, 12 August 2005 (UTC)