Ch. 23
"Battle of Issus" Albrecht Altdorer
interweaved history and politics Alexander the Greats defeat of the Persians for a patron who embarked on a military campaign against the Turkes Shows artists love of landscape and forground set scene in a specific places
"Knight Death and the Devil" Albrecht Durer
Armed with faith, Christian knight riding without fear through meticulously rendered landscapes Challenging both death and the devil engraving ricals the tonal ranges of painting displays strength
El Greco "The Burial of Count Orgaz"
Blend of Byzantine and italian mannerist elements Intence emotional content captured the fervor of Soanish Catholiism and dramatic use of light foreshadowed the Baroque style
Hans Baldung Grien "Witches' Sabbath"
Chiaroscuro woodcut depicts witches gathered around a secret potion on witch on a goat flies through the night skies mounted backward suggesting witchcraft is the inversion of Christianity which was the counter religion during this time
"Cour Carre of the Louvre" Pierre Lescot
Design reflects Italian Renaissance Classicism of Bramante Decreased height in stories with large scale windows Steep roof are all Northern Europe Features
Chateau de Chambord
Developed from medieval castles and served as country houses for royalty features a Gothic roof and features shape of a cross and ancesors of modern suites or apartments horizontal and vertical features
"El Escorial" Juan De Herrera and Juan Bautista
concieved by Charles the V and built by Philipp ll Combined royal mausoleum, church, monastery, and palace complex is classical in style with severly plain walls and massive towers
"Francis I" Jean Clouet
Elegant garb reveals the artist attention to detail but also flattening of features and disproportion between head and body gives painting a formalized quality shows a worldly rulerwith all his accessories and clothing
"Fall of Man" Albrecht Durer
Figures based on ancient Roman statues reflects studies of the vitruvian theory of human proportions
"Landscape with Saint Jerome" Joachim Patinir
Landscape painting by Patinir a reowned netherlandish painter subordinated the story of Saint Jerome to deptict the craggy rock forms verdant rolling rields and expansive bodies of water along with the dramatic sky filling in the rest of the painting
"Neptune and Amphitrite" Jan Gassaert
Poses derived from the "Fall of Man" by durer Architectual features based on sketches of ancient buildings Gossaert made during his trip to rome Fountain like structure of the bodies
Pieter Bruegel the Elder "Netherlandish Proverbs"
crowded netherlandish village Proverbs and passion for clever imagery demonstrated his deep understanding of human nature oil on wood and chose not to incorporate classical elements into his painting
"Allegory of Law and Grace" Cranach
Shows how to achieve salvation Woodcut Luther was a close friend of his and this art piece agrees with his 95 theses and how God is the only way
Portal Casa de Montejo
Spanish expansion brought the Plateresque style to the Newworld portal decoration of the home of the conqueor included spanish soldiers standing on severed heads of the Maya Natives
"Elizabeth I as a Princess" Levina Teerling
Teerlinc recieved great compensation for her work for the english court than her male contemporatires her skil is evident in this life size painting as she is a young princess also oil on wood
"The French Ambassadors" Hans Holbein the Younger
double portrait of two humanists wit collection of thingsreflective of their worldliness and learning show anamorphic skull which is a reminder of death also there is a crucifix thats half hidden behind the curtainto encourage viewers to ponder death and ressurection
"Garden of Earthly Delights" Hieronymus Bosch
Triptych which may commemorate a wedding created a fantasy world filled with nude men and women and various creatures Central themes of marriage, sex and procreation shows visionary world of fantasy and ingrigue
"Butchers Stall" Pieter Aertsen
first glance it looks like its just a butcher shop but deeper in the background you see Joseph leading a donkey carrying Mary and the child. Balanced images of gluttony and allusions of salvation
"Self-Portrait" Caterina Van Hemessen
first known Northern European self portait by a woman Hemessen represented herself as a confident artist mometarily interupting her work to look towards the viewer oil on a panel painting, age 20
"Hunters in the Snow" Pieter Bruegel the Elder
one of the series of paintings illistrating the annual season changes draws viewers diagnol deaply into the landscape by his master of line shape and composition tonal harmony makes this one of the greatest landscapes paintings
Quinten Massys "Money-Changer and His Wife"
secular financial transaction the bankers wife shows more interest in money weighing than in her prayer book to show the prominence of money during this era the people in the window suggest idleness and gossip
"Isenheim Altarpiece" Matthias Grunewald
set in a monastic hospital includes painted panels depicting suffering and disease but also shows miraculous healing hope and salvation Saint Anthony offered hope to sick
"Great Piece of Turf" Albrecht Durer
shared same belief as Da Vinci's that sight reveals scientific truth Botanist have been able to identify each plant and grass variety in watercolor Paintings were very accurate and precise
"Four Apostles" Albrecht Durer
shows his support of Lutherism Peter is representative of the pope in Rome and plays secondary role behing john the evangelist both read from the bible showing the single truth John 1:1 at the bottom of painting
Portal of Colegio de San Gregorio
this architectural style is derived from platero or silversmith center of the prtal late gothic tracery is coat of arm if king Ferdinand and queen Elizabeth huge pomagranete tree symbolizing granada