Panofsky: Les Primitifs flamands. Romaine – Gréco-Romaine Understanding the economic

Understanding the economic

he wrote some of the most beautiful pages in the history of the city and the entry of the Depeaux donation into the Rouen Museum of Fine Arts in 1909 was a considerable event for Impressionism

were adored by an audience that followed their careers and took them as models

whose work was eagerly sought by collectors

Panofsky: Les Primitifs flamands. Romaine – Gréco-Romaine Understanding the economicThe Flemish Primitives , one of Panofsky's (German born art historian and theorist (1892 1968)) flagship works, developed from a series of lectures. It retains a remarkable clarity from this origin and constitutes what is commonly called a compendium. Published in 1953, it was translated by Hazan for its first French edition in 1992. Panofsky's study follows the chronological course, going back a long way: the question of the origins of this northern