Art History 11.3.11.docx

Art History 20111104 The Renaissance of the North A new version of RealityMelchoir Broederlam AnnounciationGothic windowsRenaissance building significant meaningBreaking point when the old testament ends and new testament starts Netherlandish Painters of the RenaissanceJan Van Eyck 13901441Rogier Van Der Weyden 13991464Robert Campin 1375 Jan Van EyckWorked for the Duke of Burgundy Phillip the good and wealthy Italians including Arnolfini Self portrait exotic hatFrame with inscription inscribed signed and datedFocus was on contemporary reality not on version of reality Iconographyreading the pictureBranch of the history of art which concerns itself with the subject matter of meaning of works of art as opposed to their form It tries to define the distinction between subject matter or meaning on the one hand and form on the other according to PanofskyDepicted truth or disguised symbols The Rolin Madonna 143334 Jan Van EyckAnge