Altarpiece

Some titles refer to the location of the piece Van Eyck's "Ghent Altarpiece," for example or are simply descriptive, such as Alfred Sisley's "Still Life: Apples and Grapes," which he painted in 1876, four years before Claude Monet painted his own "Still Life: Apples and Grapes."

Daniel Grant: What's In a (Painting's) Name? Quite a Lot, Actually Daniel Grant 2011

Some titles refer to the location of the piece Van Eyck's "Ghent Altarpiece," for example or are simply descriptive, such as Alfred Sisley's "Still Life: Apples and Grapes," which he painted in 1876, four years before Claude Monet painted his own "Still Life: Apples and Grapes."

Daniel Grant: What's In a (Painting's) Name? Quite a Lot, Actually Daniel Grant 2011

Some titles refer to the location of the piece Van Eyck's "Ghent Altarpiece," for example or are simply descriptive, such as Alfred Sisley's "Still Life: Apples and Grapes," which he painted in 1876, four years before Claude Monet painted his own "Still Life: Apples and Grapes."

Daniel Grant: What's In a (Painting's) Name? Quite a Lot, Actually Daniel Grant 2011

Some titles refer to the location of the piece Van Eyck's "Ghent Altarpiece," for example or are simply descriptive, such as Alfred Sisley's "Still Life: Apples and Grapes," which he painted in 1876, four years before Claude Monet painted his own "Still Life: Apples and Grapes."

Daniel Grant: What's In a (Painting's) Name? Quite a Lot, Actually Daniel Grant 2011

Lastly, he tells us that New Mexico was once home to the missing panel of the Ghent Altarpiece by Van Eyck, stolen from the Saint Bavo Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium on the tenth of August, 1934, known as The Last Judges.

Empty Your Heart Of Its Mortal Dream 2010

He describes the Altarpiece as Protestant in spirit and great art, and as evidence that expressionism is scarcely a modern invention.

Controversial video opens artistic, theological debate 2010

For a work commissioned by Federico in 1472, now known as the Brera Altarpiece, Piero della Francesca adorned the angels and Virgin Mary with pearls, while flowers appoint the surrounding architecture.

Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

Portinari Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes, 1476-78.

Advent Thoughts on Housekeeping Linda 2008

Portinari Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes, 1476-78.

Archive 2008-12-01 Linda 2008

On the detail of the left wing of the Dijon Altarpiece above, the artist may have had some of these thoughts in mind.

Mary: What`s in a Name ? 2009