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Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, 13e

Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, 13e. Chapter 23 Northern Europe and Spain, 1500 to 1600. Europe in the 16 th Century. An altarpiece For a hospital By a friend of Martin Luther.

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Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, 13e

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  1. Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, 13e Chapter 23 Northern Europe and Spain, 1500 to 1600

  2. Europe in the 16th Century

  3. An altarpiece For a hospital By a friend of Martin Luther.. Figure 23-2a MATTHIAS GRÜNEWALD, Isenheim Altarpiece (closed, top; open, bottom), from the chapel of the Hospital of Saint Anthony, Isenheim, Germany, ca.1510–1515. Oil on wood, 9' 9 1/2” x 10’ 9”, (center panel), 8’ 2 1/2” x 3’ 1/2” (each wing), 2’ 5 1/2” x 11’ 2” (predella). Shrine carved by Nikolaus Hagenauer in 1490. Painted and gilt limewood, 9’ 9 1/2” x 10’ 9”. Musée d’Unterlinden, Colmar.

  4. Figure 23-2a MATTHIAS GRÜNEWALD, Isenheim Altarpiece (closed, top; open, bottom), from the chapel of the Hospital of Saint Anthony, Isenheim, Germany, ca.1510–1515. Oil on wood, 9' 9 1/2” x 10’ 9”, (center panel), 8’ 2 1/2” x 3’ 1/2” (each wing), 2’ 5 1/2” x 11’ 2” (predella). Shrine carved by Nikolaus Hagenauer in 1490. Painted and gilt limewood, 9’ 9 1/2” x 10’ 9”. Musée d’Unterlinden, Colmar.

  5. Figure 23-7 LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER, Allegory of Law and Grace, ca. 1530. Woodcut, 10 5/8” x 1’ 3/4”. British Museum, London.

  6. Figure 23-3 HANS BALDUNG GRIEN, Witches’ Sabbath, 1510. Chiaroscuro woodcut, 1’ 2 7/8” X 10 ¼”. British Museum, London.

  7. Travelled widely through Europe and became an international celebrity • Took trips to Italy to study Renaissance art • First artist to synthesize Northern European stylistic features (intricate detail, realistic rendering of objects, symbols hidden as everyday objects) and blend them with Italian features (classical body types, linear perspective) --- admired the work of Leonardo • First artist to keep a thorough record of his life (self-portraits, treatises on his thoughts, and a diary) • Important graphic artist --- best known for his engravings • Influenced significantly by Martin Luther and Protestant Reformation Albrecht Durer: “Leonardo of the North”

  8. Durer relies on the Eyes as did Leonardo…seems Supremacy in recording The natural sciences To further illusions…. Figure 23-4 ALBRECHT DÜRER, Great Piece of Turf, 1503. Watercolor, 1’ 3/4” x 1’ 3/8”. Albertina, Vienna.

  9. Figure 23-1 ALBRECHT DÜRER, The Fall of Man (Adam and Eve), 1504. Engraving, 9 7/8” x 7 5/8”. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (centennial gift of Landon T. Clay).

  10. http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/history/95theses.htm

  11. Figure 23-5 ALBRECHT DÜRER, Knight, Death, and the Devil, 1513. Engraving, 9 5/8” x 7 3/8”. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

  12. Figure 23-6 ALBRECHT DÜRER, Four Apostles, 1526. Oil on wood, each panel 7’ 1” x 2’ 6”. Alte Pinakothek, Munich.

  13. Figure 23-8 ALBRECHT ALTDORFER, The Battle of Issus, 1529. Oil on wood, 5’ 2 1/4” x 3’ 11 1/4”. Alte Pinakothek, Munich.

  14. Figure 23-9 HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER, The French Ambassadors, 1533. Oil and tempera on wood, approx. 6’ 8” x 6’ 9 1/2”. National Gallery, London.

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