AHIS 120gp Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Jan Van Eyck, The Mousetrap, Protestant Work Ethic
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An introductory page, a calendar at the beginning of the book. Throughout the book, there are alternating scenes of nobility and peasants. The duke of berry sits at the table. Giving audience to his guest (the words above him read approach) A battle on the left side - represents his power. The first realistic landscape of winter in art history. Highlands, representation of foreground, middleground, and background. The depiction of the interior space of a house. Great detail and accurate depiction of space. Portrays farm life in the point of the view of an aristocratic family. Used for meditating during the holy event of enunciation. Accurate depiction of human figures fosters the idea that. When you fold up the sides, it creates a square easy for storage. Images are witnessing the annunciation (the incarnation of christ) in their own homes. Flowers in the background (red roses against the wall) indicate charity.
