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Italian Renaissance Ideal beauty Measured proportions Religious and mythological scenes Heroic male nudes Portraiture- formal Fresco, tempera, oil on canvas Anatomical structure Balanced Northern Renaissance Intense realism Lifelike features, unflattering honesty Religious and genre scenes Prosperous citizens, peasants Portraiture- individual personalities Oil on panel Complex scenes
NORTHERN RENAISSANCE Break with Gothic style, same No ruins to rediscover! Not a rebirth in Italian sense Precision made possible by oil paint Longer to dry- more blending Subtle variance in shadows and light-> heightened 3d illusion Atmospheric perspective Charles VI France, painter to 3 courts, decision on bride
NORTHERN RENAISSANCE Low Countries- Belgium and Holland 16 th century- Germany England and France Mannerism and Late Renaissance Spain
Master of Flemalle (Robert Campin) Merode Altarpiece Oil on panel Triptych
Jan van Eyck Hubert van Eyck Ghent Altarpiece 1432 Oil on panel 11 ½’ x 15’
NORTHERN RENAISSANCE Jan van Eyck Arnolfini Portrait 1434 Oil on panel Nat’l Gallery London
NORTHERN RENAISSANCE Rogier van der Weyden Portrait of a Lady 1455 Oil on panel Nat’l Gallery of Art DC
NORTHERN RENAISSANCE Rogier van der Weyden Descent from the Cross 1435 Oil on panel Prado Museum
NORTHERN RENAISSANCE Hieronymus Bosch Garden of Earthly Delights Oil on panel Triptych Prado Museum
NORTHERN RENAISSANCE Hieronymus Bosch newsnews Discuss: Why do art historians think this could be attributed to Bosch? Research- what kinds of things must an art historian look at/ do to gauge whether an artwork belongs to a certain artist?
Pieter Bruegel the Elder Hunters in the Snow 1565 Oil and tempera on panel Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Pieter Bruegel the Elder Peasant Wedding 1567 Oil on panel Followed By Peasant Dance in 1568
Pieter Bruegel the Elder The Tower of Babel 1563 Oil on oakwood Vienna
NORTHERN RENAISSANCE Albrecht Durer Self Portrait 1498 Oil on panel Prado
NORTHERN RENAISSANCE Albrecht Durer Young Hare 1502 Watercolor with opaque white Albertina, Vienna
NORTHERN RENAISSANCE Albrecht Durer Four Apostles 1526 Oil on panel Munich Compare to Tribute Money
Matthias Grunewald Isenheim Altarpiece Oil on panel Unterlinden Museum, France
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NORTHERN RENAISSANCE Hans Holbein the Younger Sir Thomas More 1527 Oil on panel Frick Collection, NY
Hans Holbein the Younger The French Ambassadors 1533 Oil on panel Nat’l Gallery, London Google skull