early renaissance northern europe

german styles of painting in the fifteenth century

a) international style of focuse of prettiness, softness, sweetness b) explorations of the physical world.

what are guilds?

associations, controlled all aspects of members' lives, helped run govt and kept artists employed

flander artists

broederlam/limbourg = leaders artistic production period

man in a red turban?

by jan van eyck. first time the sitter looks at the viewer true portrait, wrinkles, beard stubble

portinari altarpiece by hugo van der goes

commission by private patron to be placed in chapels.

deposition by weyden

emphasized volume, shallow space, little background. not a full cross, but christ body parallels mary's to parrell s. uses the s curve. outer body close the picture. stressing emotion through the sadness of christ gilded background despite uneven body count, the colors allow it to work out. mutted color palette!

melun diptych by etienne chevalier

extreme accuracy of n european art. chevalier presented to virgin mary by patron saint, stephen. has unique features, but not enough to be used as a portrait. first christen marty for repping christ by the commissioner. setting is renaissance hall to strike against the colors of the donors. and modonna and child is very geometric and lack color in the skin. the cherubs is the true colors of the picture.

francesco d'este by van der weyden

face against creamy white background. uses nobility fashion.

giovanni arnolfi and his bride hidden symbols?

fertaility in the bedroom/open bed cutrains/st margearet/ broom for established home together/ style of dress. heads covered and bare feet - holy ground. positions of domestic with woman towards the bed, man towards window. use of secular before the religious. mirror close up/his signature above it

northern reniassence used ????

hidden symbols

merode altarpiece

lively narritatives/bold actions. lilies / white towl as mary's virginity/purirt. cooper pot = mary as a god's vessel. why was she chosen. unseen light, sun coming through invisible wall (or christ giving light). donor portraits on a left. also international standard of tilted floor. annuciation vision brought by prayers for the donars.

polyptchs

made up of multiple more than three panels

annuciation?

mary told choosen be moter of god's child

triptych

mary, joseph, shepherds, agngels kneeling adoration to of adoration towards christ

last judgment altarpiece by weyden

meant to rival ghent altarpiece. open doors allow to see the pure style of weyden. more hell emphasis than heaven. also uses deemis

jan van eyck

microscopic -telescopic vision, records things exactly. also new about science and religion. (ghent altarpiece, largest piece of the century) super accurate

a lady by van der weyden

not looking at the viewer, detached because of nobility. could be portability. tension in her hands.

van der weyden

not one existing piece attributed him by name

flemish

painters/art from the netherlands/low country area of flanders

deesis?

position of mary, god, john the baptist, mary and john beg for mercy on the behalf of man

portinari altarpiece hidden symbols

themes of christ's purity royalty, gallss vells allows light to pass without breaking = incaranation. sheaf whear = location event of bethelhem.i mpliied lines towards the christ. proportions th of childer nthat match their ages. good depication of winter.

ghent altarpiece

top 4 figures: sibyles (birth of christ) archangel gabriel: center left addressing virgin mary

giovanni arnolfi and his bride

van eyck, expensive commission. portait/wedding certifi ate. couples wealth in luxurious clothing/richly decorated room, rare breed dog

hidden symbols of ghent altarpiece

white towel, lilies gabriel carries? mary's purity doners= life size to represent mortality virgin mary monumental for their importance