ART216, Fall 2013 INTRODUCTION --- NORTHERN EUROPE IN THE 15TH CENTURY THE ELEMENTS OF INTERPRETATION: DESCRIPTION * form *style ICONOGRAPHY *symbols *typology *history 1: History of style 2: History of types 3: History of cultures categories of factors affecting art in Northern Europe: political factors: government, war socioeconomic class factors capitalism and market economy religion and the role of the church media and materials ImagePage 1 of 5
Concept questions: How does the court and wealthy merchant patronage shape the content and appearance of religious and secular art? Why does the portrait absent in art for nearly 1000 years return in this period? How does art reflect the distribution of secular and sacred powers? How does the passage of time and changing owners of a work of art influence our understanding of that work? Hugo and Jan van Eyck: Ghent Altarpiece, 1432 oil on wood 7'7 x 11'6 (closed) 14'5 x 11'6 (open) donors: Jan Vyd and Isabel Borluut Jan van Eyck: The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434, oil on oak; 32-1/4 x 23-1/2" Jan van Eyck: Man in a Red Turban, 1433 oil on oak, 10 1/4x7 1/2" Rogier van der Weyden: Deposition from the Cross (center panel of triptych) oil on panel, 86 1/2 x 103 in ca. 1435 ImagePage 2 of 5
Rogier van der Weyden: St. Luke Drawing the Virgin ca. 1435-40 Oil and tempera on panel 54 1/8 x 43 5/8 in. Memling: Diptych of Maarten van Nieuwenhove, 1487, oil on wood Hans Memling: Tommaso Portinari 1470, Oil on wood 17 3/8 x 13 1/4 in Maria Portinari 1470, Oil on wood 17 3/8 x 13 1/4 in. Dieric Bouts the Elder: Triptych of the Last Supper 1464-1468, oil on oak panel, 6' x 5' Rogier: Philippe de Croy, c. 1459, 20 x 12" Rogier: Portrait of a Lady ca. 1460, 14 x 11" Robert Campin: The Merode Altarpiece; ca. 1425-1428, tempera, oil/panel, 25 x 24-7/8" (wings = 11") example of a domestic altarpiece Hugo van der Goes: Portinari Altarpiece: l. and r. wings, 1473-1478, oil on panel, 253 x 304 cm overall altarpiece ImagePage 3 of 5
Holy Blood Altarpiece Tilman Riemenschneider 1501-1505 wood compare w: Assumption of the Virgin, central panel of the Credlingen altarpiece, c1495-9 Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry: January Michael Wolgemut and shop, Radeburga page from the Nuremburg Chronicle, 1493; woodcut Limbourg Brothers circa 1411/13-1416 241 153 mm The Holy Roman Empire book and graphic arts ImagePage 4 of 5
Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons ART HISTORY JEOPARDY CATEGORIES: Martin Schongauer Engraving ca. 1480s 11 13/16 x 8 9/16 in. FACTS ABOUT PAINTINGS [YOU ASK THE QUESTION] IMAGE QUESTIONS ABOUT PAINTINGS [ANSWER THE QUESTION] I. 1. WHAT PAINTING IS THIS DETAIL TAKEN FROM? 2. WHO DOES THE MAN REPRESENT? 4. Emotion is communicated through the body positions. 5. The chandelier has symbolic and religious meaning. 6. The donors watch a sacred scene taking place in their house. [NO CATEGORY: BONUS] 4. What do we learn from these hands? 5. Whose hands are they? Why is the domestic altarpiece a popular form of art in Northern Europe? BONUS #2: IDENTIFY THE ARTIST IN THE NEXT TWO IMAGES I. 1. Joseph appears to be a carpenter making a trap for rats. 2. The angle of light reflected in his eyes is an important clue to the subject matter of the painting. 3. The flora and fauna come from all over Europe. 3. What do we learn from these hands and why? 4. What do we see behind their hands? ImagePage 5 of 5