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Northern Renaissance Art by Rachel Kim (I know the title says Science and Culture In An Age Of Realism, Sorry!)

I. Major Characteristics II. Major Artists A. Jan van Eyck (Flemish) B. Albrecht Durer (German) C. Hans Holbein (German) D. Pieter Brueghel (Netherlands) E. Hieronymous Bosch (Netherlands) F. Matthais Grunewald
 * Very detailed art
 * focused on religious emotion especially in alter pieces
 * realistic imitation of nature led to empirical observation and not use of perspective
 * //Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride// (1434) - unbelievable realistic details
 * Very symbolic
 * One of the first artists to use watercolor
 * //Self Potrait// - depicts himself in a Christ-like pose
 * //The Knight, Death, and Devil// - shows his "Northern- Renaissance" upbringing
 * Influenced by Italian Renaissance; interested in the balanced body proportions and perspective of Italian Renaissance
 * Wrote Adoration of the Magi which he wrote about the Italian Renaissance and how to incorporate more harmonious details into his paintings
 * Strict to Northern Renaissance styles
 * Mostly a court painter
 * //King Henry VIII//
 * Focused on everyday peasant lives
 * Conveys a moral theme to each painting
 * //The Wedding Dress//
 * //The Peasant Dance//
 * Most famous work - //Garden of Earthly Delights//
 * Shows the difference between Heaven and Hell
 * Influencial to later 20th century Surrealist artists
 * Also influenced by fantasy
 * //Cruxifiction of Christ// is one of the most gruesome portrayals of Christ on the cross

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