We've started our discussion of Northern European Art of the 15th Century with a look at sculpture, Claus Sluter's Well of Moses, and the graphic arts, The Buxheim St. Christopher, with your second assignment. Today we'll be looking at the developments Northern European artists were involved with in the form of painting, and they are substantial. The Renaissance period is associated with Italy and the developments made there by scholars, particularly humanist scholars, and the artists who brough those humanist ideals to life. However, Northern Europe also made substantial contributions to scholarship and the arts at the same time and in communion with its southern European neighbors. The continent was linked through trade and commerce, religion and political influence, and scholastic endeavor at the prominent universities throughout Europe. Our study of painting here brings us to Flanders in the Southern Netherlands (present-day Belgium) and the Northern Netherlands (present-day Holland), as we look at the work of Robert Campin, Hubert and Jan van Eyck, and Rogier van der Weyden. Your task for today is to watch the videos associated with each masterpiece below by these Northern European artists. Select ONE of these works to evaluate, and evaluate that work based on ONE design principle we've been introduced to in class. Describe the design principle you are working with and how it's depicted in the artwork you've chosen. Your description need not be lengthy but considered and clearly stated. Enjoy learning about these beautiful OIL paintings now… Attributed to Robert Campin or the Master of Flémalle Mérode Triptych ca 1425-30 Oil on Wood panel center section: 25 3/16” x 24 7/8” each wing: 25 3/8” x 10 7/8” Metropolitan Museum of Art Khan Academy, Mérode Altarpiece (Video, 11:32) Hubert and Jan van Eyck Ghent Altarpiece (Open polyptych, above) (Closed polyptych, below) Completed 1432 Oil on Panel 11’5” x 7’6” Cathedral of St. Bavo, Ghent, Belgium Khan Academy, Ghent Altarpiece, Part 1 (Video, 5:18) Khan Academy, Ghent Altarpiece, Part 2 (Video 7:23) Rogier van der Weyden
Descent from the Cross (Deposition) ca 1435 Oil on panel 7’ 2 5/8” x 8’ 7 1/8” Prado Museum, Madrid Khan Academy Rogier van der Weyden's Deposition (Video, 7:09) Comments are closed.
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