drawings from the history of art
the series interprets the masterpieces of the renaissance painting by liberating the figures from their religious agenda and the heaviness of ornamentation of decor and costume; portrays their pure, magical beauty, painted in all tones of grays to hold and enhance their mystical quality.
the series contains 61 paintings
199711 / michelangelo / detail - ıı - from the fresco “god separating earth from water” / ignudi / 1508-12 / sistine chapel / vatican / oil painting on canvas
50 x 50 cm
19975 / jan vermeer / detail from the “allegory of painter” or “painter and his model” / 1665 / museum of history of art / vienna/ oil painting on canvas
100 x 100 cm
19978 / rogier van der weyden / detail from the altar painting “the deposition from the cross” / 1435 / prado museum / madrid / oil painting on canvas
100 x 100 cm
199721 / jacopo pontormo / detail – ı – from “the deposition of christ from the cross” / 1525 / santa felicita church / florence / oil painting on canvas
100 x 120 cm
199725 / benozzo gozzoli / detail from the ceiling fresco “the procession of the magi” / 1459 / chapel of medici-ricardi palace / florence / oil painting on canvas
100 x 100 cm
199728 / raphael / detail from “madonna of alba” /1510 / national gallery of art / washington dc / oil painting on canvas
100 x 100 cm
199805 / rogier van der weyden / detail from the “portrait of a woman” / 1460 / national gallery of art / washington dc / oil painting on canvas
50 x 50 cm
199804 / leonardo da vinci / detail from “the portrait of cecilia gallerani” / 1484 / museum naradowe / krakow / oil painting on canvas
50 x 50 cm
199801 / j.a.dominique ingrés / detail from “the grande odalisque” / 1864 / musée bonnat / bayonne / oil painting on canvas
50 x 50 cm
199806 / agnolo bronzino / detail from “the portrait of ugolino martelli” / 1537-39 / staatliche museen zu berlin / berlin / oil painting on canvas
50 x 50 cm
199512 / albrecht dürer / detail from “the self portrait” / 1493 / louvre / paris / oil painting on canvas
120 x100 cm
19967 / jacopo pontormo / detail from the “cosimo de médicis” / 1521 / musée getty / los angeles / oil painting on canvas
120 x 100 cm
199615 / botticelli / detail from “the birth of aphrodite” / nympha / 1485 / galleria uffizi / florence / oil painting on canvas
100 x 100 cm
199715 / bernardo luini / detail from the “the executioner presenting john the baptist’s head to herod” / salome / 1527-31 / uffizi gallery / florence / oil painting on canvas
100 x 100 cm