ARHI 2300 1st Edition Lecture 29Outline of Last Lecture I. Ife King, NigeriaII. Beta GiorghisOutline of Current LectureI. Ghent Alterpiece, Jan van Eyck, Northern Renaissance, 1432Current LectureI. Ghent Alterpiece, Jan van Eyck, Northern Renaissance, 1432 a. The result of a private commissioni. Patron: Jodocus Vijdb. Medium: Oil on Wood Panel i. Oil painting will not become popular in Italy until the 16th century ii. The climate was too damp for buon fresco c. Polyptych- has many different panels d. Donor portraits- Joducus Vijd and Vyd’s wife Isobel1. We also saw donor portraits in the Trinitye. St. John the Baptist is the patron saint of Ghent f. Annunciation: AngelThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.i. Places the annunciation in contemporary time (Belgium is in the background)g. Adam and Eve are trapped in compartmentsi. Different from The Temptation/Expulsionii. They are trapped in their sin and cast out of the light iii. They are less idealized h. Oil paintings have deeper, richer color more intense and naturalistic i. Eve, like many women of the time period, is drawn as having a fuller figurei. God, Holy Ghost, and Jesus are all along the same line on the central axis j. Italy is becoming the center of the art world in Renaissance Europei. Many artists are sent to Italy to learnii. Artists are becoming more worldly- they are travelling and exchanging ideask. Virtues:i. left corner- knights and judges (shows fortitude and justice)ii. right corner- pilgrims and Hermits (show prudence and temperance)l. Deesis- panel with three figuresi. Usually it is Christ flanked by the Virgin Mary and John the Baptistii. Here, the central figure is God, all powerful in his divine majestym. God’s crown is one the pope would weari. At his feet is an earthly crown (what a king would wear) ii. Scepter is made out of crystaln. Scene from Revelations i. Adoration of the Lamb, or The Mass of All the Saints ii. The lamb is on the alter (symbolic of Christ and sacrifice)1. Lamb is stabbed in side, and blood pours out into the chaliceiii. Church officials in the background on the leftiv. Old Testament Prophets in the foreground on the leftv. Female Saints/Martyrs in the background on the rightvi. Male Saints and Martyrs in the foreground on the rightvii. Holy Ghost- in the background viii. Seems that the artist understands linear
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