An intro to early medieval art: Christianity, Barbarians, Vikings, illuminated manuscripts, Carolingian era art and architecture, Charlemagne, Sutton Hoo, and more!
An intro to early medieval art: Christianity, Barbarians, Vikings, illuminated manuscripts, Carolingian era art and architecture, Charlemagne, Sutton Hoo, and more!
Moderator: Antonella Poce, Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP) Steering Committee member and Associate Professor in Experimental Pedagogy at the University Roma Tre – Department of Education
Date: 7 December 2016
Recording of the webinar: https://eden-online.adobeconnect.com/p4hcaplald5/
Jan van Eyck was one of the greatest revolutionaries in art. He radically changed the way in which men look at the natural world. His artistic achievements were well-known in Renaissance Italy. Vasari, who wrote about Van Eyck a hundred years later, wrongly attributed the discovery of oil painting to him. Only a few years after his death in 1441, Jan van Eyck was being hailed on both sides of the Alps as one of the greatest painter of the age.
Despite Van Eyck’s great fame, little is known of his life except for his last years. For the last 16 years of his life, he worked at the court of Philip the Good, The Duke of Burgundy. The Duke made use of his skills as both painter and diplomat, sending him on numerous secret missions.
The works of Jan van Eyck are celebrated for their visual splendor and precision of detail. Their brilliant colours and magnificent definition are due to Jan’s refinement of the oil-painting technique.
Jan van Eyck was one of the greatest revolutionaries in art. He radically changed the way in which men look at the natural world. His artistic achievements were well-known in Renaissance Italy. Vasari, who wrote about Van Eyck a hundred years later, wrongly attributed the discovery of oil painting to him. Only a few years after his death in 1441, Jan van Eyck was being hailed on both sides of the Alps as one of the greatest painter of the age.
Despite Van Eyck’s great fame, little is known of his life except for his last years. For the last 16 years of his life, he worked at the court of Philip the Good, The Duke of Burgundy. The Duke made use of his skills as both painter and diplomat, sending him on numerous secret missions.
The works of Jan van Eyck are celebrated for their visual splendor and precision of detail. Their brilliant colours and magnificent definition are due to Jan’s refinement of the oil-painting technique and died even before the great High Renaissance master painters were even born.
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Jan van Eyck was one of the greatest revolutionaries in art. He radically changed the way in which men look at the natural world. His artistic achievements were well-known in Renaissance Italy. Vasari, who wrote about Van Eyck a hundred years later, wrongly attributed the discovery of oil painting to him. Only a few years after his death in 1441, Jan van Eyck was being hailed on both sides of the Alps as one of the greatest painter of the age.
Despite Van Eyck’s great fame, little is known of his life except for his last years. For the last 16 years of his life, he worked at the court of Philip the Good, The Duke of Burgundy. The Duke made use of his skills as both painter and diplomat, sending him on numerous secret missions.
The works of Jan van Eyck are celebrated for their visual splendor and precision of detail. Their brilliant colours and magnificent definition are due to Jan’s refinement of the oil-painting technique.
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3. Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, c.
1280-1290
Master of the Magdalen, Virgin and Child Enthroned with Two Angels.
1270s. Staatliche Museen, Berlin
What are the characteristics of the
Italo-Byzantine style?
4. Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, c.
1280-1290
Master of the Magdalen, Virgin and Child Enthroned with Two Angels.
1270s. Staatliche Museen, Berlin
The Italo-Byzantine Style:
Flat gold background (symbolic of heaven)
Gold halos
Hierarchic scale
Stylized figures and drapery
Elongated proportions
Lack of dimension and depth
5. Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, c.
1280-1290
Master of the Magdalen, Virgin and Child Enthroned with Two Angels.
1270s. Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Why did Medieval artists choose to
work in this style?
6. Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, c.
1280-1290
Master of the Magdalen, Virgin and Child Enthroned with Two Angels.
1270s. Staatliche Museen, Berlin
To indicate the “otherworldly” nature
of the figures
Emphasis on “divinity” rather than
humanity
7. Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, c.
1280-1290
Giotto di Bondoni, Ognissante Madonna, c. 1310, Uffizi Gallery,
Florence
In what specific ways did Giotto
break away from the Italo-Byzantine
style?
8. Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, c.
1280-1290
Giotto di Bondoni, Ognissante Madonna, c. 1310, Uffizi Gallery,
Florence
Figures are more 3D (modeling with
light and shade)
More convincing sense of depth
(perspective and “blocking”)
All of this makes for a more
“human” and “down to earth”
interpretation of the Virgin
9. Giotto di Bondone, The Lamentation, Arena Chapel, 1305
Landscape background (earthly
setting) replaces gold background
Figures are “normal” size (no
hierarchic scale)
Figures display more “human”
emotions through facial expression
and gesture
10. Giotto di Bondone, Arena Chapel, 1305
Who commissioned the Arena
Chapel, and why is it significant?
11. Interior, Arena Chapel, Padua, c. 1305
Enrico Scrovegni (a banker)
commissioned the Arena Chapel
12. Interior, Arena Chapel, Padua, c. 1305
It is significant because now private
individuals, rather than the Church,
are commissioning works of art
13. Giotto di Bondone, The Lamentation, Arena Chapel, 1305
This is what enabled a more
“Humanistic” interpretation of
religious subjects
14.
15. Hans Memling, Diptych of Martin Von Nieuwenhove, 1487
Oil on panel, Municipal Museums, Bruges
Robert Campin (Master of Flémalle), The Merode Altarpiece, 1425-1428
Oil on wood. Metropolitan Museum (Cloisters)
What are these, and how
were they used?
16. Hans Memling, Diptych of Martin Von Nieuwenhove, 1487
Oil on panel, Municipal Museums, Bruges
Robert Campin (Master of Flémalle), The Merode Altarpiece, 1425-1428
Oil on wood. Metropolitan Museum (Cloisters)
Religious diptychs and
triptychs were small
portable altarpieces that
were used for private
prayer in the home
17. Hans Memling, Diptych of Martin Von Nieuwenhove, 1487
Oil on panel, Municipal Museums, Bruges
Robert Campin (Master of Flémalle), The Merode Altarpiece, 1425-1428
Oil on wood. Metropolitan Museum (Cloisters)
So once again, we see
how private patronage is
driving this trend towards
a more humanized
representation of religious
subjects
18. Robert Campin (Master of Flémalle), The Merode Altarpiece, 1425-1428
Oil on wood. Metropolitan Museum (Cloisters)
Jan Van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece (Closed), 1432. St. Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium
What are the most
distinguishing
characteristics of Flemish
painting?
19. Robert Campin (Master of Flémalle), The Merode Altarpiece, 1425-1428
Oil on wood. Metropolitan Museum (Cloisters)
Jan Van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece (Closed), 1432. St. Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium
Realistic detail (textures
and surfaces; things tiny
and far), made possible
by the discovery of the oil
medium
20. Jan Van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece (Closed), 1432. St. Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium
Jan Van Eyck, Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, 1434
London National Gallery
What is a “donor portrait,” and
how is it different from a “secular
portrait”?
21. Jan Van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece (Closed), 1432. St. Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium
Jan Van Eyck, Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, 1434
London National Gallery
A donor portrait is when the
patron of the picture is depicted
in the presence of a Holy
individual
22. Jan Van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece (Closed), 1432. St. Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium
Jan Van Eyck, Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, 1434
London National Gallery
In a secular portrait (like The
Arnolfini Couple) there is no
religious pretext
23. Jan Van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece (Closed), 1432. St. Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium
Jan Van Eyck, Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, 1434
London National Gallery
How can the rise of portraiture
be related to Humanism?
24. Jan Van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece (Closed), 1432. St. Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium
Jan Van Eyck, Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, 1434
London National Gallery
To quote from your assigned reading on “Humanism in the
Renaissance:
“During the Middle Ages . . . art and learning were centered
on the church and religion. But at the start of the 14th
century, people became less interested in thinking about
God, heaven and the saints, and more interested in thinking
about themselves, their surroundings and their everyday
lives.”
