ART HIST 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Beaune Altarpiece, Ghent Altarpiece, Jan Gossaert
11 Apr 2018
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Hieronymus bosch, garden of earthly delights, 1510-1510. Hell panel is on the right side of the tryptic which is reference to last judgement pieces: hell on left side of christ. Outside panels show the world painted in a very limited, monotone pallet. Grisaille: paintings which are painted mostly in gray. For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. Horizon line is very high: more to see. Absurd biomorphic (looks like life forms) architecture. Murmuration of swallows: birds flying through the structures. Odd disjunction in scale between humans and animals. Artists are celebrated for the first time for the ability to imagine the unknown: ability to force with their imagination new worlds. Might be the world before the flood. Accountability for lust seen in hell panel. Commissioned by hendrik iii, noblemen that collected art: possible orgiastic significance behind the commissioning.
