03 — ARTWORK
Flight into Egypt
BLOEMEN, Jan Frans van · 1700 →
- MEDIUM
- Oil on copper, 27 x 44 cm
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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The Flight into Egypt and its companion piece, the Rest on the Flight to Egypt are examples of the classicalRelating to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome (classical Antiquity). The classical world played a profoundly important role in the Renaissance, with Italian scholars, writers, and artists seeing their own period as the rebirth (the "renaissance") of classical values after the Middle Ages. The classical world was considered the golden age for the arts, literature, philosophy, and politics. Concepts of the classical, however, changed greatly from one period to the next. Roman literature provided the starting point in the 14th century, scholars patiently finding, editing and translating a wide range of texts. In the 15th century Greek literature, philosophy and art - together with the close study of the remains of Roman buildings and sculptures-expanded the concept of the classical and ensured it remained a vital source of ideas and inspiration. landscapes with their recession through a series of planes, soft, warm lighting and classical and religious subject matter, which the artist predominantly painted throughout his career.
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title = {Flight into Egypt by BLOEMEN, Jan Frans van},
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date = {2026-09-13},
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