The document summarizes key terms, artists, and events from Art History class 2 on the Northern Renaissance. It discusses important figures like Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Hieronymus Bosch, and Albrecht Dürer. It also summarizes the emergence of printmaking techniques like woodcuts, engraving, and their use in Protestant propaganda through artists such as Lucas Cranach. Specific works mentioned include Van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece and Arnolfini Wedding Portrait, as well as Dürer's Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

1. Art History 2: Class 2
Names and terms: “Northern Renaissance,” Flanders, van Eyck, diptych, triptych, van der
Weyden, Grunewald, Bosch, Bruegel, Germany, printing/printmaking, woodcut, relief
printing, engraving, intaglio printing, Martin Schongauer (Germany), Albrecht Dürer
Nuremberg, Apocalypse, "The Master Engravings:" Knight, Death, and the Devil; St.
Jerome; Melancholia I), Protestant Reformation/Martin Luther, Wittenberg, Lucas
Cranach (the Elder), “Danube School,” Protestant propaganda, Passional Christi und
Antichristi, Philip Melancthon, The Law and the Gospel, etching, Rembrandt (Holland;
"states"), England, Holbein, Henry VIII
Possible essay questions:
--Differentiate between relief methods (i.e., woodcut) and intaglio methods (i.e.,
engraving) of printing images. Discuss the importance and impact of the introduction of
printmaking. Who was Albrecht Dürer, and how was he influential in the history of
printed images?
--Discuss the Protestant use of propaganda during the Reformation. Who was Lucas
Cranach, and what was the Passional Christi und Antichristi?—discuss its illustrations,
and how they served to promote Protestantism over Catholicism.
Images:
The Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck, 1432, page 292
The Arnolfini Wedding Portrait by Jan van Eyck, 1434, page 293
Descent from the Cross (Deposition) by Rogier van der Weyden, 1435, page 295
The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, c.1500, page 297
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Albrecht Dürer, 1498, page 371
Adam and Eve by Albrecht Dürer, 1504, page 372
Page from the Passional Christi und Antichristi (illustration by Lucas Cranach)