Van der Goes, The Adoration of the Kings발음듣기
Van der Goes, The Adoration of the Kings
We follow them from the figure of Joseph holding out his hands, looking questioning, and then the delicate way that Mary holds up Christ's left hand, and then the figure of the first Magi, whose hands are in prayer as he worships the Christ Child.발음듣기
It's as if we could walk into this space, and shake that hand, and we'd feel its muscle; we'd feel his grip.발음듣기
Beth: And we feel his grip, actually, on the goblet that he's about to offer to the Christ Child.발음듣기
Steven: Beyond that, there's the assistant, who's holding up that goblet, and just over his head is another hand that holds the third gift, that's to be given by the third king, but that hand, where the fingers are facing up, and there the light is so subtle, because the entire hand is in shadow.발음듣기
The light is a tour de force, and I think it's in many ways unprecedented in the history of painting.발음듣기
The star of Bethlehem leads three kings from the east, to pay homage to the newly-born Christ.발음듣기
It really speaks of the way the Earthly power, even the power of kings, is humbled before the power of God.발음듣기
He's far more interested in Christ and in his devotion to the divine than that worldly wealth, that worldly power, but it's so interesting, because Christ, in Mary's lap, is not actually paying attention to the king.발음듣기
Christ stares out directly at us, so if we were kneeling in a church, directly before this altar, we would be returning Christ's gaze, and Christ would in turn be blessing us, and so there really is this wonderful sense of intimacy and directness here.발음듣기
Beth: It seems like Hugo van der Goes is combing all of these elements of the northern Renaissance, and then adding something that's very much his own.발음듣기
Steven: The intensity of the detail makes everything feel actually concrete, as if it's more than just having volume; that it is actual in the world, in some vivid way.발음듣기
The fur of the crown, or any of the brocade, or just the enormous number of details throughout.발음듣기
There's a kind of elegance and a kind of spareness that makes us see these elements as distinct.발음듣기
Beth: One famous art historian said that Hugo van der Goes' figures have a sense of stage presence.발음듣기
The figures all have a sense of individuality, but in a way that has a kind of charisma to it, where we're drawn to them and looking at their faces, and wondering what they're thinking.발음듣기
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