Arts 150 1st Edition Lecture 15Outline of Current Lecture I. Northern Europe RenaissanceCurrent Lecture- Types of Art in Northern Europe in 1400so Manuscript illuminationso After 1420- panel paintings- 3 Types of panel painting in the Northo Devotional panelso Multiwinged altarpieceso Portraiture- What is an illuminated manuscript?o A painting on paper or parchment used as illustration/decoration for manuscripts or albums; usually done in rich colors and often supplemented with gold- “Les Tres Riches Heures du Dul de Berry” The Limbourg Brothers 1412-1416o Included monthly pageso Integrated text with art; one of the first of its kind to do thato Paul, Hannequin, and Hermes were the Limbourg brothers nameso Often formal pictures in book of prayerso One of the most famous French illuminated manuscriptso The book is a book of hours or a Christian devotional booko Made for the Duke of Berryo Contained ecclesiastic lunar calendar determining the month and day above each image- What was a book of hours?o A selection of prayers and readings for daily prayer and meditation, including a calendar of holy days- “Mary of Burgundy at Prayer” by the Master of Mary of Burgundy 1480o Manuscript illumination from the book of hours of Mary of Burgundy- The Limbourg Brothers “February Page”o Developed detailed fore, middle, and background- Robert Campin “The Merode Altarpiece (triptych)- Annunciation, Kneeling donors, Joseph inhis carpentry shop” 1425-1428o Oil on wood panel- major media in Northern RenaissanceThese 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.o Center panel- depicts regular middle class Flemish house Towels and bench, ect- every item symbolized the virgin’s purity or held religious symbolismo BOOK: “The Waning of the Middle Ages” by Dutch Art History Huizinga study of the forms of life, thought and art in France and the Netherlands in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries Huizinga described the symbolism and left a commentary on Campin’s paintingo Campin’s work compared to Fra
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