Flemish Painting

During the fifteenth and sixteenth century, one of the key aesthetic goals of the Netherlandish art is realism. The realism of figures, setting, and especially space is a distinguished aspect of the early Netherlandish painters and it has long been seen as a feature in paintings, retables and other various art forms. At times, the realism in the artworks of the Netherlands represent a variety of aesthetic and/or religious reasons; however, a majority of …

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