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Piety, Passion, and Politics. 15 th Century Art in Northern Europe and Spain, CH 20. Northern Europe; 15 th cent. Black Plague ravaged Italy and rest of Europe Great Schism pitted French against Italians Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) Political Power shifts: feudal governance waning
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Piety, Passion, and Politics 15th Century Art in Northern Europe and Spain, CH 20
Northern Europe; 15th cent • Black Plague ravaged Italy and rest of Europe • Great Schism pitted French against Italians • Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) • Political Power shifts: feudal governance waning • Emerging capitalism • Artistic production impacted: oil paints, movable type in Germany, mature illum. Manuscipt style
Limbourg Brothers (Pol, Hennequin, Herman), January, from Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, 1413-1416, Ink on Vellum, approx 8 ½” x 5 ½” Fig 20-1
Limbourg Brothers (Pol, Hennequin, Herman), October, from Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, 1413-1416, Ink on Vellum, approx 8 ½” x 5 ½” Fig 20-2
Jan Van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece-closed, Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium, completed 1432, oil on wood, 11’ 6” x 7’ 6” Fig 20-5
Jan Van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece-open; Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium, completed 1432, oil on wood, 11’ 6” x 7’ 6” Fig 20-6
Oil Paint: • Allowed for very detailed rendering/painting • Traditionally said Van Eyck created them • Modern historians believe they were around prior (late 14th cent) • Glazes: translucent layers • Deep intense tonal quality • **Illusion of glowing light • Oils suited the Flemish who sought sharply focused, hard-edged, sparkling clarity of detail
Rogier van der Weyden, Deposition, from Notre-Dame hors-les-murs, Lovain, Belgium, ca. 1435, oil on wood, 7’ 3” x 8’ 7” Fig 20-7
Rogier van der Weyden, Last Judgement Altarpiece (open), Hotel-Dieu, Beaune, France, ca. 1444-1448; oil on wood, 7’ 4” x 17’ 11” Fig 20-8
Rogier van der Weyden, Last Judgement Altarpiece (open), Hotel-Dieu, Beaune, France, ca. 1444-1448; oil on wood, 7’ 4” x 17’ 11” Fig 20-8
Dirk Bouts, Last Supper, central panel of the Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament, Saint Peter’s, Louvain, Belgium, 1464-1468, Fig 20-9
Robert Campin (Master of Flemalle); Merode Altarpiece (open) The Annunciation (center); ca. 1425-1428; oil on wood, center panel 2’ 1” x 2’ 1”, Fig 20-12
Jan Van Eyck, Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride, 1434, oil on wood, 2’8” x 1’ 11” Fig 20-13
Jan Van Eyck, Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride, 1434, oil on wood, 2’8” x 1’ 11” Fig 20-13DETAIL
Jan van Eyck, Man in a Red Turban, 1433, oil on wood, 10 1/4”x7 ½”, Fig 20-16
Rogier van der Weyden, Portrait of a Lady, ca. 1460, Oil on panel, 1’ 1 3/8” x10 1/16” Fig 20-17
Hieronymous Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights, Creation of Eve (left) Garden of Earthly Delights (center) Hell (right wing), 1505-1510, oil on wood, 7’ 2 5/8” x 6’ x 4 ¾” Fig 20-18
Garden of Earthly Delights, Details Bird-Headed MonsterDetail from right wing
Martin Shongauer, Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons, ca. 1480-1490; engraving, approx 1’ 1” x 11” , Fig 20-25