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Claus Sluter, In France, the well of Moses. Moses wears a long flowing beard and drapery that envelops his body like an ample shell. It is about 6 feet tall. They are carrying scrolls that predict the death of christ. (1395-1406), stone.
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The Well of Moses. When was this made? Where is it located? Who did this? Describe it. What are they carrying? http://o.quizlet.com/u.OMkevCNifNY8L7B1HcyA.jpg
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Limbourg Brothers, January. Shows a scene of feasting, a traditional choice for the cold winter months. Depicting the duke being at the table, seated by a large fireplace. International Gothic Style (Located in a book) (france)
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Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. What month is shown? Located where? Who is the artist? what is the style? http://o.quizlet.com/slgfPfthro7vCfrNY1kywQ.jpg
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Limbourg Brothers, July page. Shows a semicircular section at the top marking the days numerically and includes the astrological signs for the month. Gothic Style. (in a book, france) economic system shown, feudalism. Landscape details.
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Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. What month is shown? Describe it? Where is this located? who is the artist? http://o.quizlet.com/NF5ETm0UZStbuK8z7I-dcw.jpg
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Built between 1376 and 1402. Designed to provide a setting for town councils and to serve as symbols for the independence and privileges the cities claimed. It was one of the earliest structures in northern Europe.
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Façade of Bruges Town Hall. What was the date? What was this designed to provide? Why is it so important? http://o.quizlet.com/UsWGtFZfy7oBAYys56pYxQ.jpg
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Robert Campin, Oil on oak, center panel. Located in metropolitan museum of art in nyc. Dated around 1425. Uses virgin and angel Gabriel in what appears to be the main room of a bourgeois house.
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Mérode Triptych. What was the date of this? What is it? Who drew this? http://o.quizlet.com/uTxOuuqHCdFQgN52WkX-BQ.jpg
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Hubert and Jan van Eyck; Ghent altarpiece closed. Completed in 1432, oil on panel. It is one of the most famous of early Flemish paintings. Finished in May off 1432. Painted in a monochrome (grisaille).
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Ghent Altarpiece (closed). Who did this? What was the date? What was it painted of? http://o.quizlet.com/JqVt.4eI.R7Pw-KCcyxBcQ.jpg
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Hubert and Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece (open) viewer sees a detailed rendering of celestial assembly. It is meant to provide the setting for a mystic mass, with towers of numerous churches in the skyline. (1432)
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Ghent Altarpiece. Who did this? Date? What was it meant to do? http://o.quizlet.com/iq1UysQiEjORji-1MBhY6Q.jpg
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The Garden of Earthly Delights- Hieronymus Bosch-Oil on panel- This triptych depicts humans in a natural world. Represents humans in the natural world. Continuos landscape connects the three sections. Left; garden of eden. Center, human/non-human. right; hell type place. 1500-1505.
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How do fifteenth-century Northern painters present the devotional visions of their patrons within their paintings? Focus your answer on a specific example. What is the name of this painting? Who did it? Medium? Comp? http://o.quizlet.com/ZcqKEzk7XIAuTV6eto23Tg.png
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Robert Campin- Oil on oak- The main panel of the picture is a depiction of the Anunciation. Gabriel is in a not-quite-sitting-not-quite-kneeling position and Mary is reading a book. The figures have mass and weight; Campin is able to accomplish this by using two different kinds of light. He uses diffused light and a direct light.
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Discuss the symbolic meanings that fifteenth-century viewers would have comprehended in the objects contained in the domestic environments of the Merode Triptych (campin). How has the artist made this seem so real? http://o.quizlet.com/sKf-kDQOl637A2l3hFQuOQ.jpg
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Jan Van Eyck- Oil on panel- Many scholars believe this painting is either the wedding or the engagement of this couple. They are alone in an elegantly furnished room; however, there is a reflection in the mirror behind them of two men
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Discuss the symbolic meanings that fifteenth-century viewers would have comprehended in the objects contained in the domestic environments of the Arnolfi double portrait. How has the artist made this seem so real? Who did this? Medium? http://o.quizlet.com/tOtczDowyWAoSJPfTx.OHQ.jpg
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Buxheim Saint Christopher.1423. handcolored woodcut. Came from a monastery in a south German town. Has the date 1423 and a prayer to the saint on it.
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Who did this? What date was this finished? Where is it from? What is the comp? http://o.quizlet.com/9bPSS5-5jiDdrHdKfaftPA.jpg
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Hubert and Jan van Eyck, adam and eve, detail of ghent altarpiece, left and right wings. Very impressive how detailed it is. (1432)
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Ghent Altarpiece adam and eve. Who did this? Finished when? http://o.quizlet.com/fVNclAcD-BdmQkHKYVJlqg.jpg
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Jan van Eyck, 1433. Oil on panel, in London. Middle aged man in a ¾ pose whose face is framed by his dramatic headgear. Appears to be a self-portrait by the way we see it.
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Man in a Red Turban. Who did this? Finished when? Comp? http://o.quizlet.com/oatWranTCspZi4c7dehoyQ.jpg
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Martin Schongauer, 1480-1490. Engraving. Located in the met. Represents the climax of St. Anthony's resistance to the devil.
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Who did this? The Temptation of St. Anthony. Finished when? What type of style did he use? http://o.quizlet.com/WC2UPo7u5r5QTD-wja8jQg.jpg
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Jan van Eyck, 1434. Oil on panel. London. Man and woman standing in a richly furnished room, equipped with a brass chandelier, a mirror, and a canopied bed. In the mirror, we see two men. With these things, the mirror suggests to some that Jan is acting as a witness to whatever is occurring in the room.
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The ″Arnolfini Portrait. Who did this? what type of style? finished when? Comp? http://o.quizlet.com/tOtczDowyWAoSJPfTx.OHQ.jpg
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Rogier van der Weyden, 1435. Oil on panel. Madrid. Commissioned for a church near Brussels to be an altarpiece for the church. Depicts the moment when Christ's followers lower his body from the cross.
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Descent from the Cross. Who did this? What date? Medium? What was it commissioned for? http://o.quizlet.com/hHIQy3kwOcIpR-Sy231MlQ.jpg
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Artists in the urban centers of the Southern Netherlands made what?
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works that were legible to the viewer.
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These images that the artists made in the southern netherlands often were what?
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oil on wood, and the sacred figures resembled everyday people.
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These portraits were very what?
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naturalistic with extreme detail.
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In Northern painting, a new sense of pictorial realism characterized the works of whom?
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Campin and the Van Eyck brothers.
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Disguised symbolism allowed what?
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everyday objects in paintings to carry symbolic meanings.
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New techniques in oil painting allowed artists, such as Jan van Eyck, to produce what?
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luminous and detailed surface effects.
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By 1500 the new style of painting had begun to influence other art forms, including what?
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manuscript illuminiation, tapestries, and sculpture
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During this period painting increased in
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Stature.
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The new technology of printmaking contributed to what?
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the spread of these variations on the naturalism of the Netherlands, with early prints borrowing motifs from painters.
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By the end of the century, printmakers made what?
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original compositions which rivaled paintings in naturalism.
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The development of printmaking had a significant impact on the visual arts, affording what?
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the ability of almost anyone to own pictures.
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Schongauer′s engraving of The Temptation of St. Anthony departs from the realism of his contemporaries and opens us what?
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to a world of fantasy and challenging interpretations.
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What is printing with movable type?
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Type of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document.
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Letterpress printing
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relief printing of text and images. Involves locking movable type into the bed of the press and inking it.
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Woodcut techniques
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design is cut into a wood block so that raised ridges will print. Early woodcuts included inscriptions.
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The International Gothic style grew out of what?
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French Gothic Style
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Engraving techniques
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embellishing metal surfaces with incised pictures, this continued throughout the Middle Ages. Skills allowed goldsmiths to engrave a plate that could serve as the matrix for a paper print.
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Egg Tempera
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first used in Egypt. Favorite medium before oil painting. Creates durable surface. Combined with stan oil, water. Egg yolk binds them together. Must use wood, not canvas.
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Making oil paint
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people used to put paint in their own tubes until the 1840's when it was made available in metal tubes.
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Oil Painting:
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first used in northern Italy. Preferred to tempera because it can be blended on the painting surface and create a continuous scale of tones. Not possible until this came out.
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Discuss the role of "disguised symbolism" in fifteenth-century Netherlandish painting.
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Flemish artists used disguised symbolism in their paintings by including ordinary objects that may convey another meaning.
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How did the new technique of oil painting developed in the early fifteenth-century influence the ways in which artists communicated their vision of the world? How did the new technique of oil painting developed in the early fifteenth-century influence the ways in which artists communicated their vision of the world?
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They were able to use the oil paint to create a thin glaze or a thick and bodily impasto. Oil paint is also very slow drying so the artist had the ability to change his mind and mold the painting while he continued to work. Oil paint also helped the artists add a variety of new hues and tints to their paintings.
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Analyze how and why Flemish painters lavished attention on describing objects from their world in paintings saturated with religious meaning.
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find out
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In what ways did the advent of printmaking affect Western culture in the fifteenth-century.
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Printmaking affected Western culture by making pictures and printed books more readily available to the public. Books became a lot cheaper to print and therefore more people could buy them. Since more people could buy books more people started to learn how to read. Artists could also make many copies of their paintings and distribute them in order to make a profit. Printed books soon replaced illuminated manuscripts.
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1400's on used what?
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Tempera on panel. Oil on oak.
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Be able to label everything!
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http://o.quizlet.com/QTuTJBL9oUuoW33IVhKM1g.jpg
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Claus Sluter, In France, the well of Moses. Moses wears a long flowing beard and drapery that envelops his body like an ample shell. It is about 6 feet tall. They are carrying scrolls that predict the death of christ. (1395-1406), stone.
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The Well of Moses. When was this made? Where is it located? Who did this? Describe it. What are they carrying? http://o.quizlet.com/u.OMkevCNifNY8L7B1HcyA.jpg
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Limbourg Brothers, January. Shows a scene of feasting, a traditional choice for the cold winter months. Depicting the duke being at the table, seated by a large fireplace. International Gothic Style (Located in a book) (france)
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Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. What month is shown? Located where? Who is the artist? what is the style? http://o.quizlet.com/slgfPfthro7vCfrNY1kywQ.jpg
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Limbourg Brothers, July page. Shows a semicircular section at the top marking the days numerically and includes the astrological signs for the month. Gothic Style. (in a book, france) economic system shown, feudalism. Landscape details.
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Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. What month is shown? Describe it? Where is this located? who is the artist? http://o.quizlet.com/NF5ETm0UZStbuK8z7I-dcw.jpg
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Built between 1376 and 1402. Designed to provide a setting for town councils and to serve as symbols for the independence and privileges the cities claimed. It was one of the earliest structures in northern Europe.
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Façade of Bruges Town Hall. What was the date? What was this designed to provide? Why is it so important? http://o.quizlet.com/UsWGtFZfy7oBAYys56pYxQ.jpg
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Robert Campin, Oil on oak, center panel. Located in metropolitan museum of art in nyc. Dated around 1425. Uses virgin and angel Gabriel in what appears to be the main room of a bourgeois house.
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Mérode Triptych. What was the date of this? What is it? Who drew this? http://o.quizlet.com/uTxOuuqHCdFQgN52WkX-BQ.jpg
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Hubert and Jan van Eyck; Ghent altarpiece closed. Completed in 1432, oil on panel. It is one of the most famous of early Flemish paintings. Finished in May off 1432. Painted in a monochrome (grisaille).
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Ghent Altarpiece (closed). Who did this? What was the date? What was it painted of? http://o.quizlet.com/JqVt.4eI.R7Pw-KCcyxBcQ.jpg
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Hubert and Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece (open) viewer sees a detailed rendering of celestial assembly. It is meant to provide the setting for a mystic mass, with towers of numerous churches in the skyline. (1432)
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Ghent Altarpiece. Who did this? Date? What was it meant to do? http://o.quizlet.com/iq1UysQiEjORji-1MBhY6Q.jpg
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The Garden of Earthly Delights- Hieronymus Bosch-Oil on panel- This triptych depicts humans in a natural world. Represents humans in the natural world. Continuos landscape connects the three sections. Left; garden of eden. Center, human/non-human. right; hell type place. 1500-1505.
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How do fifteenth-century Northern painters present the devotional visions of their patrons within their paintings? Focus your answer on a specific example. What is the name of this painting? Who did it? Medium? Comp? http://o.quizlet.com/ZcqKEzk7XIAuTV6eto23Tg.png
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Robert Campin- Oil on oak- The main panel of the picture is a depiction of the Anunciation. Gabriel is in a not-quite-sitting-not-quite-kneeling position and Mary is reading a book. The figures have mass and weight; Campin is able to accomplish this by using two different kinds of light. He uses diffused light and a direct light.
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Discuss the symbolic meanings that fifteenth-century viewers would have comprehended in the objects contained in the domestic environments of the Merode Triptych (campin). How has the artist made this seem so real? http://o.quizlet.com/sKf-kDQOl637A2l3hFQuOQ.jpg
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Jan Van Eyck- Oil on panel- Many scholars believe this painting is either the wedding or the engagement of this couple. They are alone in an elegantly furnished room; however, there is a reflection in the mirror behind them of two men
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Discuss the symbolic meanings that fifteenth-century viewers would have comprehended in the objects contained in the domestic environments of the Arnolfi double portrait. How has the artist made this seem so real? Who did this? Medium? http://o.quizlet.com/tOtczDowyWAoSJPfTx.OHQ.jpg
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Buxheim Saint Christopher.1423. handcolored woodcut. Came from a monastery in a south German town. Has the date 1423 and a prayer to the saint on it.
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Who did this? What date was this finished? Where is it from? What is the comp? http://o.quizlet.com/9bPSS5-5jiDdrHdKfaftPA.jpg
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Hubert and Jan van Eyck, adam and eve, detail of ghent altarpiece, left and right wings. Very impressive how detailed it is. (1432)
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Ghent Altarpiece adam and eve. Who did this? Finished when? http://o.quizlet.com/fVNclAcD-BdmQkHKYVJlqg.jpg
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Jan van Eyck, 1433. Oil on panel, in London. Middle aged man in a ¾ pose whose face is framed by his dramatic headgear. Appears to be a self-portrait by the way we see it.
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Man in a Red Turban. Who did this? Finished when? Comp? http://o.quizlet.com/oatWranTCspZi4c7dehoyQ.jpg
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Martin Schongauer, 1480-1490. Engraving. Located in the met. Represents the climax of St. Anthony's resistance to the devil.
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Who did this? The Temptation of St. Anthony. Finished when? What type of style did he use? http://o.quizlet.com/WC2UPo7u5r5QTD-wja8jQg.jpg
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Jan van Eyck, 1434. Oil on panel. London. Man and woman standing in a richly furnished room, equipped with a brass chandelier, a mirror, and a canopied bed. In the mirror, we see two men. With these things, the mirror suggests to some that Jan is acting as a witness to whatever is occurring in the room.
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The ″Arnolfini Portrait. Who did this? what type of style? finished when? Comp? http://o.quizlet.com/tOtczDowyWAoSJPfTx.OHQ.jpg
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Rogier van der Weyden, 1435. Oil on panel. Madrid. Commissioned for a church near Brussels to be an altarpiece for the church. Depicts the moment when Christ's followers lower his body from the cross.
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Descent from the Cross. Who did this? What date? Medium? What was it commissioned for? http://o.quizlet.com/hHIQy3kwOcIpR-Sy231MlQ.jpg
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Artists in the urban centers of the Southern Netherlands made what?
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works that were legible to the viewer.
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These images that the artists made in the southern netherlands often were what?
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oil on wood, and the sacred figures resembled everyday people.
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These portraits were very what?
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naturalistic with extreme detail.
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In Northern painting, a new sense of pictorial realism characterized the works of whom?
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Campin and the Van Eyck brothers.
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Disguised symbolism allowed what?
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everyday objects in paintings to carry symbolic meanings.
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New techniques in oil painting allowed artists, such as Jan van Eyck, to produce what?
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luminous and detailed surface effects.
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By 1500 the new style of painting had begun to influence other art forms, including what?
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manuscript illuminiation, tapestries, and sculpture
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During this period painting increased in
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Stature.
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The new technology of printmaking contributed to what?
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the spread of these variations on the naturalism of the Netherlands, with early prints borrowing motifs from painters.
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By the end of the century, printmakers made what?
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original compositions which rivaled paintings in naturalism.
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The development of printmaking had a significant impact on the visual arts, affording what?
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the ability of almost anyone to own pictures.
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Schongauer′s engraving of The Temptation of St. Anthony departs from the realism of his contemporaries and opens us what?
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to a world of fantasy and challenging interpretations.
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What is printing with movable type?
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Type of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document.
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Letterpress printing
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relief printing of text and images. Involves locking movable type into the bed of the press and inking it.
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Woodcut techniques
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design is cut into a wood block so that raised ridges will print. Early woodcuts included inscriptions.
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The International Gothic style grew out of what?
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French Gothic Style
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Engraving techniques
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embellishing metal surfaces with incised pictures, this continued throughout the Middle Ages. Skills allowed goldsmiths to engrave a plate that could serve as the matrix for a paper print.
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Egg Tempera
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first used in Egypt. Favorite medium before oil painting. Creates durable surface. Combined with stan oil, water. Egg yolk binds them together. Must use wood, not canvas.
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Making oil paint
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people used to put paint in their own tubes until the 1840's when it was made available in metal tubes.
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Oil Painting:
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first used in northern Italy. Preferred to tempera because it can be blended on the painting surface and create a continuous scale of tones. Not possible until this came out.
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Discuss the role of "disguised symbolism" in fifteenth-century Netherlandish painting.
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Flemish artists used disguised symbolism in their paintings by including ordinary objects that may convey another meaning.
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How did the new technique of oil painting developed in the early fifteenth-century influence the ways in which artists communicated their vision of the world? How did the new technique of oil painting developed in the early fifteenth-century influence the ways in which artists communicated their vision of the world?
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They were able to use the oil paint to create a thin glaze or a thick and bodily impasto. Oil paint is also very slow drying so the artist had the ability to change his mind and mold the painting while he continued to work. Oil paint also helped the artists add a variety of new hues and tints to their paintings.
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Analyze how and why Flemish painters lavished attention on describing objects from their world in paintings saturated with religious meaning.
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find out
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In what ways did the advent of printmaking affect Western culture in the fifteenth-century.
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Printmaking affected Western culture by making pictures and printed books more readily available to the public. Books became a lot cheaper to print and therefore more people could buy them. Since more people could buy books more people started to learn how to read. Artists could also make many copies of their paintings and distribute them in order to make a profit. Printed books soon replaced illuminated manuscripts.
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1400's on used what?
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Tempera on panel. Oil on oak.
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Under Emperor Charles IV, what city became a center of learning?
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Prauge?
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What is one interpretation of why Claus Sluter added the detail of bronze
spectacles to one of the prophets in The Well of Moses (14.1)? |
Sluter gave one of the prophets a pair of bronze spectacles to further the connection to the real world. This attachment to the specific distinguishes Sluter’s naturalistic style from that of the earlier period and is one of the hallmarks of the International Gothic.
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What aspect of the International Gothic style do many scholars consider to have
been influential to early Flemish painters and their followers in the fifteenth century? |
Artists followed Gothic principles, which used geometric patterns to impose order on natural forms to idealize them, but they added details directly observed from nature, too. Many scholars see the detailed naturalism that appears in the International Gothic as a key stimulus for the more thoroughgoing naturalism of the early Flemish painters and their followers in the fifteenth century.
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How is the International Gothic style characterized?
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They produced works of exquisite craftsmanship, with sometimes very complex iconographies, out of expensive materials for elite patrons. In making these objects, artists followed Gothic principles, which used geometric patterns to impose order on natural forms to idealize them, but they added details directly observed from nature, too. Many scholars see the detailed naturalism that appears in the International Gothic as a key stimulus for the more thoroughgoing naturalism of the early Flemish painters and their followers in the fifteenth century.
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What characteristics of the International Gothic style featured in Melchior Broederlam’s Infancy of Christ (14.2) panels?
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Broederlam’s panels display another feature of the International Gothic style: the realistic depiction of small details. Observing nature in detail was certainly not new; similar realism may be seen in some Gothic sculpture. In Broederlam’s Annunciation panel, such realism is evident in the carefully rendered foliage and flowers of the enclosed garden behind Gabriel at the left. In the right hand panel, touches of naturalistic detail include the delightful donkey, the tiny fountain at its feet, and the rustic figure of St. Joseph. They do more than merely endow the image with small flashes of realism: they contribute to it’s meaning. (lily signifies Mary’s virginity, as does the enclosed garden next to her. The architecture contributes as well: contrasting Romanesque and Gothic buildings stand for the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament respectively. Broederlam enchants and instructs in this painting.
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What are the significances of the symbolism in Robert Campin’s Mérode Triptych (14.8)?
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-Mysterious boxlike object on the window ledge – a mousetrap, am object that is explained as God’s plan for salvation when he said “The Cross of the Lord was the devil’s mousetrap”
-The Flowers – associated with the Virgin as emblems of her purity and other virtues -The smoking candle next to the vase of lilies – glowing wick and the curl of smoke indicate that it has just been extinguish. To explain why a candle had been lit on a sunny day, and what had snuffed out its flame, scholars have pointed to the arrival of Christ on a beam of light coming through the round window: the arrival of the true light (Christ) extinguishes the mundane one. --Theologians or scholars may have provided Campin with the more learned aspects of the symbolism, but it was the artist who found the means to express these complex ideas in symbolic terms using forms observed in the visible world. Pragmatic merchants demanded directly observed renderings of things they could see. |
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What are the characteristics of Rogier van der Weyden’s Descent from the Cross (14.15)?
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-Rogier depicted the moment when Christ’s followers lower his body from the Cross; the mourners crowd into a shallow box of space
-Modeled the forms carefully to suggest sculptural presence, and included enough detail to show every nuance of texture -Emphasized the emotional impact of the scene on its participants, their faces and postures express the grief of the figures -John the evangelist on the left & Mary Magdalen on the right are bowed in pain -Virgin’s swoon echoes the pose and expression of her son -Depicts her intense pain & grief in order to inspire the same compassion in a viewer -Staged his scene in a shallow niche or shrine, not against a landscape -Bold device focuses a viewer’s attention on the foreground & allows the artist to mold the figures into a coherent group -Emphasis on the body of Christ at the center refers to the celebration of the Eucharist |
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What are the interpretations for the symbolism of Jan van Eyck’s The “Arnolfini Portrait” (14.14)?
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-couple took off their shows as a matter of custom, or they are standing on “holy ground”
-little dog may be beloved pet, or it could be an emblem of fedility -pieces of fruit on the window sill may be expressions of the couple’s wealth, or the tempatation of adam and eve -tiny images of Christ’s passion & resurrection the small medallions that surround the mirror sound the only ambiguously religious note in the picture |
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What painter traditions is Jean Fouquet following in rendering his patron very realistically in Étienne Chevalier and St. Stephen (14.24)?
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Froquet records the specific physiognomy of the patron in his fur-lined garment. The head of the saint, who carries a book and a stone, seems as individual as that of the donor. ???
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What are the differences in Jean Fouquet’s Madonna and Child (14.25), and Bartolomé Bermejo’s Pietà (14.26)?
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In contrast to the cool rationality (his images are geometrically ordered and rational rather than expressive), Bermejo’s work is highly emotional and expressive.
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While Johann Gutenberg is credited with inventing movable type, what tradition does the roots of printing come from?
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Tradition has credited Johann Gutenberg with inventing moveable type, but the roots of printing actually lie in the ancient Near East 5,000 years ago. The Sumerians were the earliest “printers” for their relief impressions on clay, from stone seals, were carved with both pictures and inscriptions.
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What is the central theme in Sebastian Brant’s satire Ship of Fools (14.32)?
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Brant’s text poked fun at many of the ills he perceived in his society, which, as the title implies, he characterized as a boat piloted by Folly. One important theme his text addresses is contemporary dissatisfaction with the Church. Brant’s satirical eye also fell on his own peers, as the woodcut in 14.32 reveals.
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What feature distinguishes the International Gothic style that appeared near the end of the 14th century from earlier art forms of the Gothic period?
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As the fourteenth century came to an end, aristocratic patrons throughout Europe indulged a taste for objects made of sumptuous materials with elegant forms, based on the Gothic style. The artists of the International Gothic, also adapted some elements from fourteenth-century Italy, including devices to imply spatial settings borrowed from Duccio and Pietro Lorenzetti, and certain themes and compositions, such as aristocrats enjoying the countryside are somewhat fluid, as some objects ascribed to the International Gothic date from the mid-fourteenth century, whereas others may date as late as the mid-fifteenth.
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Which everyday objects serves as a religious symbol in Robert Campin’s Mérode Triptych?
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-Mysterious boxlike object on the window ledge – a mousetrap, am object that is explained as God’s plan for salvation when he said “The Cross of the Lord was the devil’s mousetrap”
-The Flowers – associated with the Virgin as emblems of her purity and other virtues -The smoking candle next to the vase of lilies – glowing wick and the curl of smoke indicate that it has just been extinguish. To explain why a candle had been lit on a sunny day, and what had snuffed out its flame, scholars have pointed to the arrival of Christ on a beam of light coming through the round window: the arrival of the true light (Christ) extinguishes the mundane one. |
