Northern Renaissance

Jan Van Eyck (1385-1441)• Born in Flanders in 1385• Court painter in The Hague to

the Count of Holland (1422)• Famous Works:

1. Crucifixion and Last Judgment2. Ghent Altarpiece3. Arnolfini Portrait

• Accomplishments:1. First in the Western Canon to use

oil based pigments2. First to write his signature on a

portrait (fully secular)

Jan van Eyck, Man in a Red Turban, 1433. Oil on wood, 1 11–8 101–4 . National Gallery, London.

Jan van Eyck, Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride, 1434. Oil on wood, 2 9 1 101–2. National Gallery, London.

A Master Cheater?

MODERN THEORISTS HAVE CLAIMED THAT JAN VAN EYCK’S REALISM WAS LITERALLY DONE WITH MIRRORS: BY STRATEGICALLY PLACING A CONVEX MIRROR, HE COULD EASILY TRACE THE FORMS PROJECTED ON A WALL.

Romance of the RoseWho gave you, beautiful child, this fresh flower blooming? I am already old, and yet never saw nothing so beautiful Rose .

What splendor, what a sweet smell! of the night, its green stem , Twinkle still a tender tear, And there, on her lips parted .

Among the garden bright flowers all the day Dawn, What have I wonderful tree Who was so beautiful flower bloom!

over his vigorous shoots my delicate grafting Ente, I would see her generous juice Refresh my frail plants .

Hieronymus Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights, 1505–1510. Oil on wood, center panel 7 25–8 6 43–4 , each wing 7 25–8 3 21–4 .Museo del Prado,Madrid.

Rogier van der Weyden, Deposition, center panel of a triptych from Notre-Dame hors-les-murs, Louvain, Belgium, ca. 1435. Oil on wood,7 25–8 8 71–8.Museo del Prado,Madrid.

Deposition: Analysis

• Describe the Scene• Describe the

technique• Describe the Context

and the Forms• Describe the

Composition

Warm-Up 2/7/12

• Regarding the formation of the Baroque, what 3 elements (1 religious, 1 artistic, 1 philosophical) contribute to its departure from Renaissance ideals?

Matthias Grunewald. Aiesenheim Altarpiece. 1509-10. Oil on panel, main body. Colmar, France

Practice Outline

• 1. Cultural attitudes about women are often revealed in art.

• Select and fully identify two works of art that depict one or more women. The works must come from two different cultures, one of which must be from beyond the European tradition. Explain how each work reveals its culture’s attitudes about women. (10 minutes)

Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg• 1398-1468 German

Blacksmith, goldsmith, printer and publisher

• Invtented the movable type printing

• Played a key role in the Renaisannce, Reformation, Age of Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution

• Knowledge-based economy

Martin Schongauer. The Temptation of St. Anthony. C 1480-90. Engraving. Met, New York

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Albrecht Durer

Albrecht Durer (1471-1528)

• Visited Venice in 1494, brought Titian techniques back to Nuremberg

• First serious artist to work in watercolor

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, ca. 1497–98 Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) Woodcut

Adam and Eve, 1504Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)Engraving9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (25.1 x 20 cm)Fletcher Fund, 1919 (19.73.1)