Annunciation Triptych Mérode Altarpiece Annunciation Triptych In the notes on each slide I put you guys names for the presentation. Let me know what you think!! And if someone could fill in the blanks on the Cue Card Info Pages thatd be awesome!!

Robert Campin (Master of Flémalle), Mérode Altarpiece (open), ca Robert Campin (Master of Flémalle), Mérode Altarpiece (open), ca. 1425-1428. Oil on wood,center panel 2’ 1.375’’ X 2’ 1.875’’, each wing 2’ 1.375’’ X 10 1.875’’. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Dakota

Cue Card Information N: Annunciation Triptych (Mérode Altarpiece) D: ca. 1425-1428 P: Netherlandish A: Robert Campin Pa: Peter Inghelbrecht and Margarete Scrynmaker L: South Netherlands (Flanders) Metropolitan, New York Dakota

Cue Card Information (Cont.) M/T: Oil on Wood F: object of private devotion; depicts the Virgin’s miraculous pregnancy C: a hallmark of Early Netherlandish style, using illusionistic effects and careful details to show a three-dimensional scene on a flat surface DT:very detailed, depth, symbolic Dakota

The Setting In a domestic setting Specific to the period Before this period, the Annunciation was depicted in a church and now is being depicted in a middle-class household. Dakota

Left Wing Robert Campin depicts his patrons in the left wing of the artwork. The male is Peter Inghelbrecht. The last name Inghelbrecht means “angel bringer”. The other patron was Inghelbrecht’s wife, Margarete Scrynmakers. Scrynmakers means “cabinet- or shrine-makers”. Vivian

Patron’s Influence The patron’s during this time had a very big influence of the artist’s. Because of the meaning of the two patron’s last names, the probably urged the artist, Campin, to choose this subject to paint. Vivian

Left Wing (Cont.) The garden represents the Virgin Mary’s purity. The flowers specifically symbolize Mary’s virtues, especially humility. Vivian

Mary’s husband, Joseph, is depicted in the right wing The city scape is depicted through the window secured the said location, Flanders. Mary’s husband, Joseph, is depicted in the right wing Harjap

Right Wing The ax, saw, wood and rod allude to Isaiah 10:15 of the Bible. “Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it, or the saw boast against the one who uses it? As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up, or a club brandish the one who is not wood!” Harjap

Right Wing Joseph is seen constructing a mousetrap and is believed to be completely unaware of the activities in the center section. Traps are symbolic in Christianity as the trap itself symbolizes the world, the bait symbolizes Christ and the trap is set to catch the devil. There is also a mousetrap placed directly outside the window. Mousetrap = World Bait = Christ Mouse/Rat = The Devil Harjap

The Angel Gabriel has come to announce Mary’s miraculous pregnancy Middle Section The Angel Gabriel has come to announce Mary’s miraculous pregnancy Virgin Mary Tahlese

The Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit is shown coming through one of the left hand windows carrying a cross to impregnate the Virgin Mary with Jesus Christ. Tahlese

THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS COMING TOGETHER FIRE SCREEN = PURITY TOWELS = PURITY BOOKS = THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS COMING TOGETHER COPPER BASIN = PURITY LILIES = MARY’S VIRGINITY BENCH = THRONE OF SOLOMON or SEAT OF WISDOM Tahlese

SYMBOLIZES THE MOMENT WHEN JESUS TAKES HUMAN FORM Middle Section EXTINGUISHED CANDLE SYMBOLIZES THE MOMENT WHEN JESUS TAKES HUMAN FORM Tahlese

Middle Section The table in the artwork is not round! It has sixteen sides which are said to represent the 16 prophets. Tahlese

Get out a piece of paper. Write your name on the top right Get out a piece of paper. Write your name on the top right. Schultz will come around and assign you a number 1-5. Please write the number down below your name.

The following areas of Early Renaissance are covered in your text.

Altarpieces Architecture Frescoes Oil Paintings Tempera Paintings & engravings

Select 1 artwork in your assigned medium. This can, but doesn’t have to, be a cue card artwork. Use the end of chapter 20 and chapter 21.

On your paper, write down the following questions and answer them On your paper, write down the following questions and answer them. Use the textbook and the internets.

How does your piece fit with the new wave of art, called The Renaissance that swept over Europe? What makes the Early Renaissance so different from The Medieval period?

Now everyone with the same number, get into a group. Each person must write the following questions on their paper and answer them.

3. Describe how the pieces you all chose are similar and explain why they are indicative of the Early Renaissance style. 4. Do any of your pieces follow the new way of creating perspective? If so, which one(s)?