Range 1400-‐1500 Early Northern Renaissance Terms/Concepts: Renaissance, humanism, seculariza<on, devo<o moderno, Flanders, triptych, polyptych, grisailles, panel pain<ng, sibyl, convex mirror, annuncia<on, Monument List Jan van Eyck, Double Portrait of a Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, 1434. Workshop of the Master of Flemalle (Robert Campin), Merode Altarpiece, c. 1425-‐1430s. Jan and Hubert (?) van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece, 1432. Petrus Christus, A Goldsmith in His Shop, 1449.
Altarpiece, c. 1425-‐1430s. “Does the ax raise itself above him who swings it, or the saw boast against him who uses it? As if a rod were to wield him who li[s it up, or a club brandish him who is not wood!” Isaiah 10:15
This is God, all powerful in his divine majesty; of all the best, by the gentleness of his goodness; the most liberal giver, because of his generosity On his head, life without death. On his brow, youth without age. On his right, joy without sadness. On his le[, security without fear.”
Christus, A Goldsmith in His Shop, 1449. Jan van Eyck, Double Portrait of a Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, 1434. Convex mirrors were known as “witches” because of their magical proper<es.
material objects in Early Northern Renaissance pain<ng? 2. How did the middle class become a powerful force in this context? What are some characteris<cs of this group as patrons? 3. How do the ar<sts of this <me and place indicate their status in their work? 4. How was religion and its ins<tu<ons changing during this period? How is this change shown in the representa<on of religious narra<ve? How is this evident in the types of religious work commissioned and those who commissioned these works?