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Piety, Passion, and Politics in 15th Century Art

Explore the impact of Black Plague, Great Schism, and Hundred Years' War on art in Northern Europe and Spain. Discover the use of oil paints, movable type, and detailed rendering in iconic works by Van Eyck, Van der Weyden, and others.

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Piety, Passion, and Politics in 15th Century Art

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  1. Piety, Passion, and Politics 15th Century Art in Northern Europe and Spain, CH 20

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Jan Van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece-closed, Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium, completed 1432, oil on wood, 11’ 6” x 7’ 6” Fig 20-5

  6. Jan Van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece-open; Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium, completed 1432, oil on wood, 11’ 6” x 7’ 6” Fig 20-6

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Dirk Bouts, Last Supper, central panel of the Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament, Saint Peter’s, Louvain, Belgium, 1464-1468, Fig 20-9

  12. 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

  13. Jan Van Eyck, Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride, 1434, oil on wood, 2’8” x 1’ 11” Fig 20-13

  14. Jan Van Eyck, Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride, 1434, oil on wood, 2’8” x 1’ 11” Fig 20-13DETAIL

  15. Jan van Eyck, Man in a Red Turban, 1433, oil on wood, 10 1/4”x7 ½”, Fig 20-16

  16. Rogier van der Weyden, Portrait of a Lady, ca. 1460, Oil on panel, 1’ 1 3/8” x10 1/16” Fig 20-17

  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

  18. Garden of Earthly Delights, Details Bird-Headed MonsterDetail from right wing

  19. Martin Shongauer, Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons, ca. 1480-1490; engraving, approx 1’ 1” x 11” , Fig 20-25

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