1. The Northern Renaissance

2. Early Northern Renaissance Art
Tapestries
Enormous in size
Hung to cover walls in wealthy homes
Expensive, delicate, handcrafted objects
Gold, jewels, and other expensive materials
Often only displayed for a short time
Were melted down to create new objects to show off
Painting was not originally seen as the greatest art form
Often simply used to decorate sculpture
Sculpture was viewed as the most impressive art form
Used on buildings, monuments, and in church altarpieces
Books of Hours
Highly illustrated personal prayer books
In the tradition of illuminated manuscripts
Painted illustrations became more and more realistic and 3- dimensional

3. Jan Van Eyck,
Most influential Northern Renaissance artist - first celebrity painter
Painted in an incredible, never-before-seen realistic manner
Complex details and attention to the way light hits objects in real life
Painted jewels so realistically, some people thought he had found a way to turn paint into precious stones
Developed oil painting as we know it today
Responsible for raising the status and importance of painting
Responsible for raising the status of the painter in art
Responsible for raising the status of portrait painting
Most famous work: The Ghent Altarpiece

4. Renaissance Ideas in Northern Europe
From 1400s on, ideas and artistic ideals began to spread from Italy.
Early Northern Renaissance continued in tradition of Jan Van Eyck, who was Northern Europe’s famous virtuoso painter at the time.
Dutch and Flemish artists were masters of Northern Renaissance painting.
Antwerp Mannerism refers to Northern painters who showed some Italian influence, as well as the traditional style of Northern painters.

5. Hieronymus Bosch Analysis of The Garden of Earthly Delights 1450-1516
Famous Northern European painter
Unusual style unlike his peers
Most famous work is The Garden of Earthly Delights
Known for dark and disturbing visions, which he represented in his art
Painted religious themes, especially concerned with morality
Belonged to the Brotherhood of Our Lady, a Catholic organization that commissioned many of his early works.
Analysis of The Garden of Earthly Delights