Art in 15th Century Northern Europe (Late Gothic) Flashcards
Manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated initials, borders (marginalia) and miniature illustrations.
Illuminated Manuscript
Art movement from Flanders
Late Gothic
Painting representing a religious subject and suspended in a frame behind the altar of a church
Altarpiece
Any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge
Diptych
A method of giving the impression of recession by visual instinct, not by the use of an overall program or system
Intuitive Perspective
To give spiritual meaning to ordinary objects in a painting
Disguised Symbolism
Applied to landscape scenes. based on observation that distant elements appear less distinct and colorful than things close by. i.e. the Sky becomes paler near the horizon and the distant landscape turns bluish gray
Atmospheric (Aerial) Perspective
Painting that makes it look like it’s made of stone
Grisaille
This invention played a major role in bringing about the Renaissance
Johann Gutenberg - The Printing Press
Carving into wood, into the negative space
Woodblock
Incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it
Engraving
The Limbourg Brothers - The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry - July
Medium: Ink on Vellum
Campin - Merode Altarpiece
Medium: Oil on Panel
Van Eyck - The Arnolfini Portrait
Medium: Oil on Panel
Van Eyck - Ghent Altarpiece (open)
Medium: Oil on Panel
Van der Weyden - Descent from the Cross
Medium: Oil on Panel
Fouquet - The Melun Diptych
Medium: Oil on Panel
Schongauer - Demons Tormenting St. Anthony
Medium: Engraving
