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Early Northern Renaissance

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January 26, 2012

Early Northern Renaissance

Lecture given Tuesday January 24, 2012

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January 26, 2012
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  1. Early  Northern  Renaissance  
    Reading  
    Stokstad,  561-­‐591  
     
    Range  
    1400-­‐1500  
    Early  Northern  Renaissance  
     
    Terms/Concepts:    
    Renaissance,  humanism,  
    secularizaFlanders,  triptych,  polyptych,  
    grisailles,  panel  painconvex  mirror,  annunciaMonument  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.  

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  3. Philip  the  Good  

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  4. Philip  the  Good  
    “the  richest  prince  of  his  day.”  

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  5. Tournai  

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  6. Workshop  of  the  Master  of  Flemalle  (Robert  
    Campin),  Merode  Altarpiece,  c.  1425-­‐1430s.  
    4  feet  
    2  feet  

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  7. Workshop  of  the  Master  of  Flemalle  (Robert  Campin),  
    Merode  Altarpiece,  c.  1425-­‐1430s.  

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  8. Workshop  of  the  Master  of  Flemalle  (Robert  Campin),  
    Merode  Altarpiece,  c.  1425-­‐1430s.  

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  9. Mary  reads  as  she  is  given  the  news  
    Workshop  of  the  Master  of  Flemalle  (Robert  Campin),  
    Merode  Altarpiece,  c.  1425-­‐1430s.  

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  10. Workshop  of  the  Master  of  Flemalle  (Robert  Campin),  
    Merode  Altarpiece,  c.  1425-­‐1430s.  

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  11. Workshop  of  the  Master  of  Flemalle  (Robert  Campin),  
    Merode  Altarpiece,  c.  1425-­‐1430s.  

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  12. Workshop  of  the  Master  of  Flemalle  (Robert  Campin),  
    Merode  Altarpiece,  c.  1425-­‐1430s.  
    Tallis  
    Lilies  
    Majolica  Pitcher  
    Mary  acts  as  a  “vessel”  for  Christ  
    Water  Pot  

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  13. Workshop  of  the  Master  of  Flemalle  (Robert  
    Campin),  Merode  Altarpiece,  c.  1425-­‐1430s.  

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  14. Workshop  of  the  Master  of  Flemalle  (Robert  
    Campin),  Merode  Altarpiece,  c.  1425-­‐1430s.  

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  15. Workshop  of  the  Master  of  Flemalle  (Robert  
    Campin),  Merode  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  

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  16. Workshop  of  the  Master  of  Flemalle  (Robert  
    Campin),  Merode  Altarpiece,  c.  1425-­‐1430s.  

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  17. Workshop  of  the  Master  of  Flemalle  (Robert  
    Campin),  Merode  Altarpiece,  c.  1425-­‐1430s.  
    Mousetraps  :  Christ  is  the  “bait”  to  “catch  the  devil”  

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  18. Workshop  of  the  Master  of  Flemalle  (Robert  
    Campin),  Merode  Altarpiece,  c.  1425-­‐1430s.  

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  19. Workshop  of  the  Master  of  Flemalle  (Robert  
    Campin),  Merode  Altarpiece,  c.  1425-­‐1430s.  
    Interior  windows  have  the  crest  of  
    the  Inghelbrechts  of  Malines  
    Inghelbrecht  
    Scrymakers  
    Devo

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  20. Workshop  of  the  Master  of  Flemalle  (Robert  
    Campin),  Merode  Altarpiece,  c.  1425-­‐1430s.  

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  21. Workshop  of  the  Master  of  Flemalle  (Robert  
    Campin),  Merode  Altarpiece,  c.  1425-­‐1430s.  

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  22. Ghent  

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  23. Jan  and  Hubert  (?)  van  Eyck,  Ghent  Altarpiece,  1432.  
    Zachariah   Micah  
    Sibyls  

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  24. Jan  and  Hubert  (?)  van  Eyck,  Ghent  Altarpiece,  1432.  

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  25. Jan  and  Hubert  (?)  van  Eyck,  Ghent  Altarpiece,  1432.  
    “Hail,  full  of  grace,  the  Lord  is  with  thee”  

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  26. Jan  and  Hubert  (?)  van  Eyck,  Ghent  Altarpiece,  1432.  

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  27. Jan  and  Hubert  (?)  van  Eyck,  Ghent  Altarpiece,  1432.  
    “Behold  the  handmaiden  of  the  Lord.”  

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  28. Jan  and  Hubert  (?)  van  Eyck,  Ghent  Altarpiece,  1432.  

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  29. Mary  acts  as  a  “vessel”  for  Christ  
    Jan  and  Hubert  (?)  van  Eyck,  Ghent  Altarpiece,  1432.  
    Tallis  

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  30. Jan  and  Hubert  (?)  van  Eyck,  Ghent  Altarpiece,  1432.  

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  31. Jan  and  Hubert  (?)  van  Eyck,  Ghent  Altarpiece,  1432.  
    Ghent  Altarpiece   Merode  Altarpiece  

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  32. Jan  and  Hubert  (?)  van  Eyck,  Ghent  Altarpiece,  1432.  
    Jodochus  Vijd   John  the  Bap

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  33. Jan  and  Hubert  (?)  van  Eyck,  Ghent  Altarpiece,  1432.  
    Mary  
    God  
    John  
    Adam   Eve  
    Musical  Angels  
    Musical  Angels  
    Cain  and  Abel  
    Cain  and  Abel  

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  34. Jan  and  Hubert  (?)  van  Eyck,  Ghent  Altarpiece,  1432.  
    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.”  

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  35. Jan  and  Hubert  (?)  van  Eyck,  Ghent  Altarpiece,  1432.  
    Warriors   Hermits  

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  36. Jan  and  Hubert  (?)  van  Eyck,  Ghent  Altarpiece,  1432.  
    Warriors   Hermits  

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  37. Jan  and  Hubert  (?)  van  Eyck,  Ghent  Altarpiece,  1432.  
    Virgins  
    Pilgrims   Apostles  
    Judges  
    Saints  

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  38. Jan  and  Hubert  (?)  van  Eyck,  Ghent  Altarpiece,  1432.  
    Lamb  of  God:  “pure  river  of  water  of  life,  clear  as  crystal,  
    proceeding  out  of  the  throne  of  God  and  of  the  Lamb”  

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  39. Bruges  

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  40. Jan  van  Eyck,  Double  
    Portrait  of  a  Giovanni  
    Arnolfini  and  his  Wife,  
    1434.  

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  41. Jan  van  Eyck,  Double  Portrait  of  a  Giovanni  Arnolfini  
    and  his  Wife,  1434.  
    *A  “le[-­‐handed”  marriage  preserves  the  fortunes  of  the  family.  

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  42. Jan  van  Eyck,  Double  
    Portrait  of  a  Giovanni  
    Arnolfini  and  his  Wife,  
    1434.  

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  43. Jan  van  Eyck,  Double  Portrait  of  a  Giovanni  Arnolfini  
    and  his  Wife,  1434.  

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  44. Jan  van  Eyck,  Double  Portrait  of  a  Giovanni  Arnolfini  
    and  his  Wife,  1434.  
    Van  Eyck?  

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  45. Jan  van  Eyck,  Double  
    Portrait  of  a  Giovanni  
    Arnolfini  and  his  Wife,  
    1434.  

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  46. Jan  van  Eyck,  Double  Portrait  of  a  Giovanni  Arnolfini  
    and  his  Wife,  1434.  

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  47. Jan  van  Eyck,  Double  Portrait  of  a  Giovanni  Arnolfini  
    and  his  Wife,  1434.  
    “Do  not  come  any  closer.    
    Take  off  your  sandals,  for  you  
    are  standing  on  holy  ground”  
    God  to  Moses  in  Exodus  3:5  

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  48. Jan  van  Eyck,  Double  
    Portrait  of  a  Giovanni  
    Arnolfini  and  his  Wife,  
    1434.  

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  49. Jan  van  Eyck,  Double  Portrait  of  a  Giovanni  Arnolfini  
    and  his  Wife,  1434.  

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  50. Jan  van  Eyck,  Double  
    Portrait  of  a  Giovanni  
    Arnolfini  and  his  Wife,  
    1434.  

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  51. Bruges  

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  52. Petrus  Christus,  A  Goldsmith  in  His  Shop,  1449.  
    “My  gold  balance  does  not  weigh  metal  but  the  life  and  lot  of  human  beings”  

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  53. Petrus  Christus,  A  Goldsmith  in  His  Shop,  1449.  

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  54. Petrus  Christus,  A  Goldsmith  in  His  Shop,  1449.  

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  55. Petrus  Christus,  A  Goldsmith  in  His  Shop,  1449.  

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  56. Petrus  Christus,  A  Goldsmith  in  His  Shop,  1449.  
    “Petrus  Christus  made  me  in  the  year  1449.”  

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  57. Petrus  Christus,  A  Goldsmith  in  His  Shop,  1449.  

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  58. Petrus  Christus,  A  Goldsmith  in  His  Shop,  1449.  
    Petrus  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

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  59. Cri1.  What  is  the  significance  of  material  objects  in  Early  
    Northern  Renaissance  pain2.  How  did  the  middle  class  become  a  powerful  force  in  
    this  context?    What  are  some  characterisgroup  as  patrons?  
    3.  How  do  the  artheir  status  in  their  work?        
    4.  How  was  religion  and  its  insthis  period?    How  is  this  change  shown  in  the  
    representaevident  in  the  types  of  religious  work  commissioned  
    and  those  who  commissioned  these  works?  

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