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Anastasiia Kirpalov
Anastasiia is an art historian and curator based in Bucharest, Romania. Previously she worked as a museum assistant, caring for a collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art. Her main research objectives are early-20th-century art and underrepresented artists of that era. She travels frequently and has lived in 8 different countries for the past 28 years.
Education:University of Groningen, 2022MA Art History & Curatorial StudiesExpertise:Articles by Anastasiia Kirpalov
Hieronymus Bosch, the genius of the Early Northern Renaissance, was most likely trained by his father and brothers, members of a long artistic dynasty.
Some art historians believe that Hieronymus Bosch was a member of a heretical Christian sect and reflected its ideas in his works.
The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch was most likely an allegory of life and sin that expressed the artist and his patron’s moral values.
Each surviving painting by Leonardo da Vinci contains complex symbolism and almost always an equally complex controversy.
Fayum portraits demonstrated a blend of Egyptian and Greek artistic traditions.
The famous Fauvist Henri Matisse was greatly inspired by Russian Orthodox art and insisted that Western artists study its expressive language.
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