Tag Archives: National Gallery London

The Week

comics and cartooning, commentary and criticism, culture, current affairs, hype & linkage, pictorial artsBy Matthias Wivel 6 February 2012 2 Comments

The week in review Running late as usual, it’s a new week, but what? This weekend the great Leonardo show at the National Gallery in London closed and I regret not having had time to post something more detailed than my Weekendavisen review from back in November while it was still open, but that’s how…

The Miracle in Milan

commentary and criticism, pictorial artsBy Matthias Wivel 25 January 2012 2 Comments

Leonardo had only recently arrived in Milan when in 1483 he was given the opportunity to realize in a painting the thoughts he had been formulating privately about art and life. The resultant picture was a watershed in his career, and in Western art. The commission was for an altarpiece depicting ‘Our Lady with her…