Afonso [III] - Afonso

… Painting, like architecture, showed its great individuality in the 15th century, when the arrival of Van Eyck (1428) brought the Flemish realistic style to its peak. Gonçalves, the court painter to Afonso V (reigned 1438-81), was the leader of the Lisbon school, and his “Polyptych of St. Vincent (Vincentius)” (6 paintings) is a major document of the maritime nation of Portugal and one of the greatest masterpieces of 15th-century European painting. During the Renaissance, Italian influence also spread, and portrait painters such as Cristóvão de Morais (active in the second half of the 16th century) were active, and in the 18th and 19th centuries, Francisco Vieira Portuense (1765-1806) and Domingos de Sequeira (1768-1837), known as the “Portuguese Goya,” were born. …

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…　絵画が偉大な個性を発揮したのは，建築同様15世紀で，ファン･アイクの来訪(1428)によって，フランドルの写実的様式が隆盛を極めた。アフォンソ5世(在位1438‐81)の宮廷画家ゴンサルベスがリスボン派の総帥で，彼の《聖ビセンテ(ウィンケンティウス)の多翼祭壇画》(6枚)は，海洋国ポルトガルの一大ドキュメントであると同時に，15世紀ヨーロッパ絵画の最高傑作の一つである。ルネサンス期にはイタリアの影響も波及し，肖像画家モライスCristóvão de Morais(16世紀後半活動)らが活躍，18～19世紀にもビエイラFrancisco Vieira Portuense(1765‐1806)，〈ポルトガルのゴヤ〉と呼ばれるセケイラDomingos de Sequeira(1768‐1837)を生んだ。…

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