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Comic Heroes in the Sixteenth Century: Sacha Goldberger’s Super Flemish Photographs

  • Writer: artistcarriemnelson
    artistcarriemnelson
  • Nov 26, 2014
  • 1 min read

"Portrait of a jester with a dark smile" Sacha Goldberger

In my latest Elders of Genova blog post, I present a crossover between two things I absolutely love: art history and superheros!

[Sacha] Goldberger is inspired by the Baroque period, popular heroes and villains from Western pop culture, and Flemish portrait painters, particularly those who studied at the Flemish School of Portraiture, including Jan Van Eyck and Jan Vermeer. This latest work pays homage to these painters and art history by photographing portraits of modern superheroes and villains as if they lived in the Elizabethan era. ... [Read More]

 
 
 

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