Art History 2 Short AN

What piece is this? Its highly saturated and blended to a mirror-like finish

Ghent Altarpiece

Who made the Ghent Altarpiece

(Hubert and) Jan van Eyck

Double panel work

Diptych

Triple panel work

Triptych

Figures depicted in grey, sometimes depicting a statue

Grisaille

loss of color in distant objects, turning blue

Atmospheric perspective

a work that sits behind a church’s altar

Altarpiece

Multi paneled work. Some had multiple opening layers

Polyptych

When were triptychs/polyptychs open to view?

Sundays or religious events

What is going on in the center of Ghent Altarpiece

Mass

What artistic techniques are used in Ghent Altarpiece

Atmospheric perspective and naturalism

Where were patrons featured in the work they commissioned?

side panels or in architecture

Who did Jan van Eyck work for? They sent him on diplomatic errands

Duke Philip the Good

What basic form of polyptych is the Ghent Altarpiece? Its three units but it consists of four panels.

triptych

How many images are in the Ghents Altarpiece?

20

Who started the Ghents Altarpiece before his brother took over?

Hubert van Eyck

Who commissioned the Ghents Altarpiece?

Jodicus Vijd

Who are the husband and wife in the outer panels of the closed Ghents Altarpiece

Jodicus Vijd and Elizabeth Borluut

What kind of tracery is in the Ghents Altarpiece?

Gothic

What figures are next to the donors painted in grisaille in the Ghents Altarpiece?

John the Baptist and John the Evangelist

Who occupies the upper stories of the Ghents Altarpiece, with their prophecies written in Gothic script

Prophets and sibyls

What is in the mass of the Ghents Altarpiece

a haloed lamb

Along with the many important religious figures, leaders, and other regular people, who is possibly referenced in the Ghents Altarpiece?

Duke Philip the Good

List those seen in the Ghents Altarpiece?

Lord, Mary, John The Baptist, Angels, Adam, Eve, Abel, and Caine

Where was the Ghents Altarpiece made for?

The Vijd Chapel in Church of Saint John/The Ghent Cathedral

What was the function of the Ghents Altarpiece?

To elucidate the liturgy performed in front of it (I think this means to help aid/teach in worship)

What does the Ghents Altarpiece having many books represented and many erudite inscriptions celebrating Christian learning possibly suggest?

A cleric or theologian may have helped Jan make the piece

What are the two possible meanings to the Ghents Altarpiece?

The image becomes the importance to the church itself as an institution and as a pathway to salvation