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Paint the soul... Portraiture and how we look now   


‘Paint the soul, never mind the arms and legs…..’  is a quotation from Browning’s poem Fra Fillipo Lippi, where a prior is admonishing a wayward painter monk who has more than an eye for the ladies. 

An overview of the development of portraiture is given from the medieval to the modern period, with examples from Holbein to Freud.  The changing role of the portrait is explored with the impact of the advent of photography, where creating ‘the arms and legs’ ceases to be a challenge. What does a modern portrait show us?

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  • Home
  • About
  • Art Talks
    • Artists >
      • Manet
      • Edgar Degas
      • Pierre Bonnard
      • Henri Matisse
      • Francis Bacon
      • Christopher Wood
      • Sidney Nolan
    • Great Collectors >
      • Sergey Shchukin
      • Gertrude Stein
    • Renaissance >
      • Early Renaissance Art Florence
      • Painters of Perfection
      • Ten Treasures of the Uffizi
      • Portinari Altarpiece
    • General Subjects >
      • Talking Pictures
      • The Art Book
      • The nude in art
      • Portraiture
    • South West Region >
      • Why St Ives?
      • Dartington Hall
      • House for Mr Curry
  • Courses
  • Calendar 2020
  • Archive
  • Contact