Late Medieval and Early Renaissance in Northern Europe

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Black Death

1347-1352

Engraving

design is cit into a metal plate using a sharp steel tool called a burin

ink applied to plate

surface of plate is wiped clean leaving ink in grooves

paper is pressed onto plate ink transferred to paper

Woodcut

carver cuts away everything except lines or shapes to be printed-design is in relief

ink is applied to the raised design

paper is pressed against the plate image is transferred to paper

Intaglio

deep impression, used with metal or stone ink in recess rather than raised area

Rogier Van der Weyden

Jan Van Eyck

Bruges

center of international banking, trade, favored location of dukes of burgendy

Papal Schism

1378-1417:competing popes in Rome and Avignon

Hundred years war

1337-1453

conflict between France and England

printing press

1450

house of valois

french dyansty of rulers and art patrons

king john II king of france(1350-64)

Philip the bold duke of burgendy 1363-1404

youngest son of king charles V of france

brother of jean de berry and king charles VI

married margaret flanders 1369

Chartreuse

charter house

Retable

element placed above or at the back of an altar

jacques de baerze 1399

melchior broederlam 1399

claus sluter well of moses 1396-1406

painted by jean malouel

claus sluter tomb of philip the bold 1414

Jean de Berry

1330-1416

brother of philip the bold of burgundy

one of the most prolific art patrons of the later middle ages

illuminated manuscript

pages are made of parchment paper may include decorated borders, letters, independent paintings

tres riches heyres du duc de berry

130 paintings, mostly painted before 1416 by the limbourg brothers completed in 1480s by jean colombe french court painter

book of hours

prayer book used by lay people adapted from prayers chanted by monks in monasteries at specific times of the day

Merode Triptych

annunciation in the middle left panel shows donor portrait right panel depicts joseph

Philip the good 1396-1467

grandson of philip the bold

jan van eyck was his court painter in bruges

hubert and jan van eyck ghent altarpiece

ghent altarpiece open

van eyck madonna in a church

van eyck self portrait? man in a red

giovanni arnolfini and his wife

van eyck madonna of chancellor rolin

rogier van der weyden saint luke drawing the virgin

portrait of a lady 1460

portrait of a young woman 1440

portrait of francesco d’este 1460

rogier van der eyden center panel of triptych from notre dame

petrus christus goldsmith in his shop 1449

hugo van der goes adoration of the shepherds

hans memling tommaso portinari and maria baroncelli 1470

hans memling diptych of martin van nieuwenhove 1487

melun diptych 1452

print revolution

artists were already using woodcuts to make inexpensive prints in the late 14th century

johannes gutenberg invented