2. Early Northern Renaissance Theme:
Consider
the
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rack l an
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Rich
3. What was happening in the
north?
-Emergence of great wealth via INDIVIDUAL
ACCOMPLISHMENT rather than inherited
money
-Fueled an explosion of learning and
creativity RENAISSANCE
-Intense interest in the natural world and
close observation
-Interest in individual personalities
PORTRAITS and artist fame!
-Thriving cities: dukes of Burgundy were
most powerful in n. Europe
- International Gothic Style became
prominent style of late 14th c. Europe
4.
5. Philip the Bold – Great patron of
N. Renaissance art
Claus Sluter
Well of Moses
Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon, France
1395-1406
stone
figures approximately 6 ft. high
6.
7.
8.
9. Mechior Broederlam
Retable de Champmol
From Chapel of the Chartreuse de
Champmol, Dijon, France
Installed 1399
tempera on panel
panels each 5 ft. 3 3/4 in. x 4 ft. 1 1/4 in.
10.
11. Altarpieces
• Where are they located?
• What purpose do they serve?
• Polyptychs = hinged multipaneled paintings
– Could be carved relief panels
– Closed hinged sides or wings over middle panel (like a
manuscript)
• Artists decorated both exterior and interior of altarpiece
• http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/anatomy-of-an-altarpiece
12.
13. Robert Campin
Merode Altarpiece (open)
ca. 1425-1428
oil on wood
2 ft. 1 in. 2 ft. 1 in. (center) What is significant about the setting?
The patrons?
19. Jan van Eyck – a
painting WIZARD
How does this compare to the early
Renaissance in Italy?
Jan van Eyck
Ghent Altarpiece (closed)
Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium
1432
oil on wood
11 ft. 5 3/4 in. high
Patron St. John the Baptist St. John the Evang. Patron
21. Vocab - Grisaille
Jan van Eyck
Ghent Altarpiece (closed)
(detail of St. John the Evangelist)
Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium
1432
oil on wood
11 ft. 5 3/4 in. high
22. “This is God, all-powerful in his divine
majesty; of all the best, by the gentleness of his
goodness; the most liberal giver, because of
his infinite generosity”
tion
!
Sa lva
Sto
len
!
Jan van Eyck
Ghent Altarpiece (open) “On his head, life without death. On his
Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium brow, youth without age. On his right, joy
without sadness. On his left, security without
1432 fear”
oil on wood
11 ft. 5 3/4 in. high
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28. How many symbols can you spot?
Jan van Eyck
Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride
1434
oil on wood
2 ft. 8 in. x 1 ft. 11 1/2 in.
29.
30.
31.
32. Jan van Eyck, 'The Arnolfini Portrait', 1434,
digital infrared reflectogram detail
46. Hugo van der Goes
Portinari Altarpiece (open)
From Sant’Egidio, Florence, Italy
ca. 1476
tempera and oil on wood
8 ft. 3 1/2 in. x 10 ft. (center) 8 ft. 3 1/2 in. x 4 ft. 7 1/2 in. (wings)
http://www.googleartproject.com/collection/uffizi-gallery/artwork/the-portinari-triptych-
hugo-van-der-goes-van-der-goes/329464/
47. Hugo van der Goes
Portinari Altarpiece
(Adoration of the Shepherds)
From Sant’Egidio, Florence,
Italy
48.
49. Hans Memling
Saint John Altarpiece
Hospital Sint Jan, Bruges, Belgium
1479
oil on wood
5 ft. 7 3/4 in. x 5 ft. 7 3/4 in (center) 5 ft. 7 3/4 in. x 2 ft. 7 1/8 in (wings)
50.
51. Limbourg Brothers
January from Les Tres Riche Heures
du Duc de Berry (The Very Sumptuous
Hours of Duke of Berry)
1413-1416
Ink on vellum
8 7/8” x 5 3/8”
52.
53. Limbourg Brothers
February from Les Tres Riche Heures
du Duc de Berry (The Very Sumptuous
Hours of Duke of Berry)
1413-1416
Ink on vellum
8 7/8” x 5 3/8”
58. Veit Stoss
Death and Assumption of the Virgin
from Church of St. Mary, Kraków, Poland
1477-1489
painted and gilded wood
43 ft. x 35 ft. overall
59.
60. Tilman Riemenschneider
The Assumption of the Virgin
center panel of the Creglingen Altarpiece
Creglingen, Germany
1495-1499
carved lindenwood
6 ft. 1 in. wide
61. Konrad Witz
Miraculous Draught of Fish
from Cathedral of St. Peter, Geneva, Switzerland
1444
oil on wood
4 ft. 3 in. x 5 ft. 1 in.
62. What was the result of the
invention of the
letterpress/printing press?
Michel Wolgemut and Shop
Nuremburg Chronicle
1493
printed ink on paper
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