Jean Fouquet was a French painter of the 15th century. He is known for manuscript illumination, panel paintings, and is also said the be the inventor of portrait miniatures. During his painting career, Fouquet left his birth city of Tours, France, to experience the early Italian Renaissance, firsthand. Here he Executed a portrait of Pope Eugene IV. Upon returning to France, he merged the concepts and techniques learned in Italy, with the roots of his French art to create the international reputation and style still admired today. One of Fouquet’s more famous works is the “Book of Hours” created for Étienne Chevalier. It was a book of about 60 full-page miniatures. Another well-known piece is a two-panel oil painting called the Melun Diptych. The left panel depicting Étienne Chevalier and St. Stephen and the right is Virgin and Christ child with cherubim surrounding them.
October 4, 2021 at 11:12 pm
Samantha,
Pretty good work on Fouquet! Some decent research and information along with your images. What I would like to see more of (and I’ve been saying that numerous times to students today) is some personal insights and thoughts about the artist and paintings you are writing about. What inspires you about their work? What do you see as some of the deficiencies, if any? That sort of thing. Anyhow good first post!
Jeff
October 10, 2021 at 12:24 am
Writing comments from Patrick
Nice, concise write up. Just a tiny misstep:
… Renaissance, firsthand. Here he Executed ….
should it be … the early Renaissance in Italy firsthand. There he executed …?
Grammarly is good for catching these little mistakes, as is reading aloud.