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History of Art - The Northern Renaissance
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The Northern renaissance
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BASICS
Trade between Northern Europe and Italy and the rapid spread of Italian humanist ideas through the use of the printing press led to new art inspired by old sources, like Classical and Gothic art, and contemporary ones, like Italian Renaissance art and
the Reformation
Major features
Thesis
When?
The Northern Renaissance began in the early 15th century and lasted until around early 17th century.
Where?
The Northern Renaissance included all areas of Europe other than Italy. The main regions of the movement were the Low Countries (the Netherlands and Belgium) and Germany.
Subjects: genre paintings->daily life/ordinary people
Styles: realism/naturalism, supernaturalism
Influences: Classical/Gothic, Italian Renaissance, Reformation
Characteristics of and innovations made by Northern Renaissance art and artists during the 15th through 17th centuries, including realism, everyday subjects, and oil-painting techniques, have been used in various art styles and movements even centuries after this period ended.
Van Eyck in background?
Jan van Eyck
(1395-1441)
Jan Van eyck
- Worked first in the court of John of Bavaria, the count of Holland
- Served in the court of Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy
- Carried out several diplomatic missions for duke while at his court
- Family: Hubert, Lambert, Margareta (siblings), Margaret (wife), Lievine (daughter)
Portrait of a Man
(Self Portrait?) - 1433
ARt
The Arnolfini Portrait - 1434
- used observation to make his art extremely detailed
- mastered the use of oil paint->lighting texture, use of glazing
- blended religious symbolism into material environment
Ghent Altarpiece (open view) - 1432
Albrecht Durer
Adam and Eve (1504)
- Born on May 21, 1471 in Nuremberg, Germany
- Died on April 6, 1528 in Nuremberg, Germany
- His family came from Hungary
- in 1494 he traveled to Italy and went to Venice evidence of his travels can be seen in his paintings and engravings
Albrecht Dürer
The Feast of the Rosary (1506)
Famous Works
- Adam and eve (the Fall of Man) (1504)
- The Feast of the Rosary (1506)
- Also famous for his Self-Portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe (1500) , Young Hare (1502) and Praying Hands (1508)
Adam and Eve (the fall of man ) (1504)
- The moment in christian mythology where the first two humans Adam and Eve disobeyed god and ate from the tree of knowledge
- unique to the depiction of man and nature
Symbolism
- The figures are based on classical nudes, and the ideal human proportions and poses as proposed greek and roman artists and architects at the time
- Example of his fascination with both science and art
The Feast of Rosary (1506)
- one of his most significant large-scale paintings
- it shows the Virgin Mary surrounded by a large group of male figures and putto
Hans Holbein the younger
Hans Holbein the Younger
* Born in Augsburg, Germany in 1497
* Family of artists
-his father, uncle, and brother painted as well
* Died in Basel, Switzerland in 1543
Famous Works:
1. The Body of Dead Christ in the Tomb (1521)
2. The Ambassadors (1533)
3. Also famous for his portraits of Erasmus, Thomas More and King Henry VIII (1523, 1527 & 1536)
The body of DEAD CHRIST IN THE TOMB (1521)
* Stark realism of Christ's body
* Elongated shape of the coffin
* Grey face and starved body
The body of dead christ in the tomb (1521)
Symbolism
Symbolism
* Holbein's vision of death
*The beauty and power of the resurrection
*evoke piety
* "No other picture expresses more eloquently the faith of the Reformation, the faith of many humanists, the faith of those for whom the Bible has become a living work” - Cambridge Professor Derek Wilson
The Ambassadors (1533)
* Left: Gorges de Selves
* Right: Jean de Dintevie
The ambassadors (1533)
This was a stylistic choice
The Skull
What does it represent?
Why is it distorted?
Many possible theories:
* Protestant Painter
* Death
*Christ's ultimate sacrifice
Pieter bruegel (THe Elder)
- Born:
- 1525, Netherlands
- Died:
- September 9, 1569
- Brussels, Belgium
- Mainly focused on landscapes and peasant scenes
- Known Artworks:
- "Hunters In The Snow"-1563
- "The Blind Leading the Blind"-1568
Pieter Bruegel
hunters in the Snow
1563
- Story
- Choices
- Techniques
blind leading the blind
1568
- Story
- Origin
- Blindness
- The Fall
The 5th Man
Conclusion
The Northern Renaissance was similar in many ways to the Italian Renaissance in its pursuit of realism and its emphasis of human/material subjects. However, it also had its own character. Mediums and themes from Gothic art continued to influence Northern Renaissance art, and Protestanism's greater impact in Northern Europe affected Northern Renaissance art more than it did Italian Renaissance art.
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