FAH230H1 Lecture : Week 12 Northern European Art in the 16th Century.pdf
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Very devout, affiliated w/ a confraternity of laity associated w/ mary. Never in his life painted anything unnatural, except in terms of hell or purgatory endeavored to find for his fantastic pictures the rarest objects, but they were always true to nature . Hieronymus bosch, adoration of the magi, triptych (altarpiece), closed: mass of st. Vision that st. gregory had of christ during the mass of a man of sorrow. --painted w/ limited colours black and white. The body of christ is painted across the opening of the triptych. --like how the host is divided into two pieces, as is christ. Smaller person/boy in black w/ a read hat kneeing closer to the foreground. Bosch, adoration of the magi, triptych, open; male donor w/ st. peter and female. A bell shaped in contrast to previous square triptychs. Much more colourful than it is closed: red robes, black and white robes, green grass, etc.
