gned and dated 1423 on the frame, for his family's chapel in the church of Santa Trinita in Florence. Wealth and culture of the donor are reflected in the lavish use of gold and in the pomp of the Magi procession, including also exotic animals as leopards and monkeys. If in this picture clearly emerges the persistence of International Gothic at the beginning of 15th Century, in the meanwhile the panel is ahead of its time showing in the propeller’s scenes (Nativity, Rest during the Flight into Egypt and Presentation to the Temple) one of the basic innovations of Renaissance art: the blue sky at the place of the traditional gold backgroundWaste Land“Meditations on a ravaged Landscape by David Hanson” ]Over 15 years David Hanson has photographed a broad range of the America landscape, form power plants to mines to military installations to hazardous waste sites. The images presented here become, in their own right, a form of meditation on a ravaged landscape. To deliver these images to people who might become involved in the solution of the environmental problems, Robert Ketchum has become a sponsor for David Hanson and has helped prom to this work.Hans Memling, “Madonna enthroned with Child and two Angels” Artist of German origin, active in Bruxelles and Bruges during the second half of 15th century, Memling often painted sacred scenes with a sense of serene harmony and decorative elegance. In this work splendor of the colors dominates the foreground, with the Madonna's throne framed in an arch and adorned with festoons of leaves, fruit and flowers held by putti: a set of motifs that clearly reveal the artist's attention to Italian models of Venetian art, while peculiarly Flemish is the natural landscape on the background. The Entrance to the Tautira River, Tahiti. Fisherman Spearing a FishBy: John La FargeThe support is a very fine, plain-weave fabric that has been lined. The original tacking margins are in...
