15 16. northern renaissance

1. Northern
Renaissance

2. 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 Judgment
2. Ghent Altarpiece
3. Arnolfini Portrait
• Accomplishments:
1. First in the Western Canon to use
oil based pigments
2. 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.

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

7. 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.

8. Romance of the Rose
Who 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 .

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. Deposition: Analysis
• Describe the Scene
• Describe the
technique
• Describe the Context
and the Forms
• Describe the
Composition

13. 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?

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

17. 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)

18. Johannes Gutenberg

19. 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

20. Martin Schongauer.
The Temptation of
St. Anthony. C 1480-
90. Engraving. Met,
New York
Woodcuts
Engravings
Drypoint
Etching

21. Albrecht Durer

22. Albrecht Durer (1471-1528)
• Visited Venice in
1494, brought Titian
techniques back to
Nuremberg
• First serious artist to
work in watercolor

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

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