01:082:214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fig Leaf, Hubert Van Eyck, Hugo Van Der Goes
23 Feb 2017
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Lecture 2 used in private devotion can be opened on the most important religious holidays in the home; larger ones in churches. Outline: northern european altarpieces can be single-paneled or multi-paneled; if multi paneled, they"re sometimes connected with hinges so they. They combine favorite religious themes with exactingly described features of the contemporary world; the latter often conceal religious meaning. Wealthy people, who were either religious, or them for prestige among their contemporaries and as. We"ll focus on altarpieces by robert campin, jan van eyck, hugo van der goes, and hieronymus bosch. Otherwise the wings are shut worried about the fate of their souls after death. , or both commissioned signs of their piety. Highlight image: adam & eve from ghent altarpiece. Altar pieces were not meant to be art when they were made. Center panel: annunciation: angel gabriel came to madonna (mary) going to bear son of. Christ child is coming through the window.
