{"id":2834,"date":"2019-02-27T17:36:22","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T16:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianestruyven.be\/?page_id=2834"},"modified":"2022-02-01T10:11:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T09:11:55","slug":"what-makes-a-masterpiece-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.christianestruyven.be\/en\/what-makes-a-masterpiece-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes a masterpiece? Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\r\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2834\" data-postid=\"2834\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2834 themify_builder tf_clear\">\r\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\r\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row wc subrow-no-btm-mrg tb_d19o889 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\r\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\r\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_fg40880 first\">\r\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\r\n                        <!-- module text -->\r\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_7q61844   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\r\n    <h3 class=\"module-title\">What makes a Masterpiece in Art? Part II<\/h3>    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\r\n    <p>From the previous talk, we retain the four essential requirements of a masterpiece: technical virtuosity, an emotional message still pertinent today, an innovative aspect and a component of universality and timelessness.<\/p><p>Twelve masterpieces from different times, continents and disciplines are shown and analysed. We look close at the most famous statue of Egypt, Queen Nefertite of 1352 B.C. and at Hemba Ancestral statues of Congo of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> Century. We analyse some paintings by Caravaggio, Rembrandt and South-Korean Kim Tchang Yeul. We compare a bunch of asparagus by Manet with other bunches, painted by less competent painters. We analyse why some paintings by Rothko have such a mesmerizing effect on so many people still 70 years later after they were made. We try to understand why \u201cLes Meni\u00f1as\u201d by Velasquez is still so relevant today. We plunge into a pool by David Hockney and try to grasp why this pool fetched 90,3 mio $ at Christie\u2019s in November 2018.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><em>A journey throughout 3000 years of sublime art&#8230;<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_7nfx332 last\">\r\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\r\n                        \t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tb_n766202 tf_w tf_clearfix\">\r\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"subrow_inner gutter-none col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_w\">\r\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_cnf9026 first\">\r\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\r\n                        <!-- module image -->\r\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_vcev806   image-top tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\r\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\r\n\t\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/christianestruyven.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/oevre11.png\"\r\n\t        class=\"lightbox-builder themify_lightbox\"\t       >\r\n\t\t   \t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/christianestruyven.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/master-1.png\" width=\"446\" height=\"294\" title=\"What makes a masterpiece? 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Part II From the previous talk, we retain the four essential requirements of a masterpiece: technical virtuosity, an emotional message still pertinent today, an innovative aspect and a component of universality and timelessness. Twelve masterpieces from different times, continents and disciplines are shown and analysed. We look close at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2834","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"builder_content":"<h3>What makes a Masterpiece in Art? Part II<\/h3> \n <p>From the previous talk, we retain the four essential requirements of a masterpiece: technical virtuosity, an emotional message still pertinent today, an innovative aspect and a component of universality and timelessness.<\/p><p>Twelve masterpieces from different times, continents and disciplines are shown and analysed. We look close at the most famous statue of Egypt, Queen Nefertite of 1352 B.C. and at Hemba Ancestral statues of Congo of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> Century. We analyse some paintings by Caravaggio, Rembrandt and South-Korean Kim Tchang Yeul. We compare a bunch of asparagus by Manet with other bunches, painted by less competent painters. We analyse why some paintings by Rothko have such a mesmerizing effect on so many people still 70 years later after they were made. We try to understand why \u201cLes Meni\u00f1as\u201d by Velasquez is still so relevant today. We plunge into a pool by David Hockney and try to grasp why this pool fetched 90,3 mio $ at Christie\u2019s in November 2018.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><em>A journey throughout 3000 years of sublime art...<\/em><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/christianestruyven.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/oevre11.png\"\n >\n <img src=\"https:\/\/christianestruyven.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/master-1.png\" width=\"446\" height=\"294\" title=\"What makes a masterpiece? Part II\" alt=\"What makes a masterpiece? Part II\"> <\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/christianestruyven.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/oevre21.jpg\"\n >\n <img src=\"https:\/\/christianestruyven.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/master-1.png\" width=\"219\" height=\"292\" title=\"What makes a masterpiece? Part II\" alt=\"What makes a masterpiece? Part II\"> <\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/christianestruyven.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/meesterwerken-3-large.jpg\"\n >\n <img src=\"https:\/\/christianestruyven.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/master-4.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"556\" title=\"What makes a masterpiece? Part II\" alt=\"What makes a masterpiece? Part II\"> <\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/christianestruyven.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/oevre41.jpg\"\n >\n <img src=\"https:\/\/christianestruyven.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/master-4.png\" width=\"344\" height=\"318\" title=\"What makes a masterpiece? Part II\" alt=\"What makes a masterpiece? Part II\"> <\/a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Please <a href=\"\/en\/contact\">contact<\/a> me for more information.<\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christianestruyven.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christianestruyven.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christianestruyven.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christianestruyven.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christianestruyven.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2834"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.christianestruyven.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3444,"href":"https:\/\/www.christianestruyven.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2834\/revisions\/3444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christianestruyven.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}