ARTH 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Hubert Van Eyck, Jan Van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece
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Arth 120: week 10 lecture notes (nov 14, 2017) Renaissance in northern europe and reverberations in italy: fresco paintings: painted on wet plaster, crystallizes around pigment, very tough once dry, from italy, tempera paintings: used generally on wooden panels. Mixed with grounded-up pigments with egg yolk: from italy, gives glossy finish once dry, oil paintings: dries very slowly, allows for more detailed work, from northern europe (netherlands) The madonna in a church, by jan van eyck (1425-1430 / oil on panel: many believed van eyck invented oil painting not true, it"s much older. *** paintings on doors and decorations were done in oil paint. Inscription = compared with the light, she is found to be superior : medium allows for realism, light, and detail. Ghent altarpiece (opened), by jan and hubert van eyck (1432 / oil on panel: colourful, visual feast opened on special days (ex.
