![]() 1), we gaze upon a splendid example from the oeuvre of an artist who transcended painting metaphors and symbols to paint reality. In Domenico Ghirlandaio’s Portrait of an Elderly Man and Boy (Fig. While many Renaissance paintings and sculptures were depictions of religious or mythological themes, the spirit of the Renaissance hewed toward inquiry and realism. ”Īmong the defining characteristics of the Renaissance were humanism and naturalism. Of Quattrocento painting, whether in or out of Italy. There is no more human a picture in the entire range Domenico Ghirlandaio, tempera on poplar panel, 1490. Portrait of an Elderly Man and Child (Ritratto di un Vecchio e Nipote). ![]() ![]() ![]() Ghirlandaio, humanism, and truth: The portrait of an elderly man and young boy August 3, 2020įigure 1. ![]()
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