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Early Northern RENAISSANCE Flashcards

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Social context

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  • economic development of Flanders (dutch speakin folks in belgium) as crossroads of European trade
  • increased emphasis of personal devotion
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Formal Characteristics

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  • realism was not only the result of studying nature but also an aid to religious contemplation
  • disguised symbolism: theological meaning behind real wold objects
  • development of oil painting
  • relationship between naturalism (empirical study of the world) and theology
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What is the super important book of Northern Renaissance

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BOOK OF HOURS OF CATHERINE OF CLEVES 1440

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why was the Book of Hours of Catherine of Cleves so monumental during that time?

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  • increasing mistrust of church
  • it was an OBJECT of PERSONAL devotion
  • It fed the mental images rather than visual images
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key figures

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Limbourg Brothers 
Robert Campin
Simone Martini
Hubert 
Jan Van Eyck  
Antwerp Flanders
Rogier Van der Weyden
Dirk Bouts 
Hugo van der Goes
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Limbourg Brothers

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  • the very sumtuous hours of the Duke of Berry 1413-16
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Robert Campin

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Naivity 1420

Merode Altarpiece 1425-28

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Naivity 1420 – key painting of northern renaissance

  1. What was the differenciating treatment of spatial illusion from Italy?
  2. WHY?
  3. what did it depict that was new for its time?
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  1. Internal views through an exterior POV with the use of high pov
  2. Play with perspective realism, attention to details of texture
  3. naturalistic landscape
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Simone Martini

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Annuciation with Saints Ansan and Marguerite 1333

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what depicts an altarpiece

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art that decorates the space above and behind the altar in a Christian church

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Jan Van Eyck

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Rolin Madonna 1435
Ghent Altarpiece 1432
POrtrait of a Lady 1460 
Portrait of a Man (self-portrait) 1433
Vera Icon 1439
Arnolfini Portrait `1434
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Hubert

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Ghent Altarpiece 1432

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Rogier Van der Weyden

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Deposition 1435
Last judgment 1443-1452
Medici Virgin, Holy Conversation 1453-1460

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Antwerp Flanders

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Carved retable of the Passion of Christ

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Dirk Bouts

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The justice of Emperor OTto III: Torture of the Innocent Count and Trial by Fire

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Hugo van der Goes

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Portinari Altarpiece 1476

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