ARTHI 6B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Leon Battista Alberti, Natalism, Jan Van Eyck
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Mages to evoke emotions-- narrative and descriptive natalism. Alberti"s on painting discusses the development of art theory and critical audiences. Discusses new status of artist, makes painting like a liberal art, rather than craftsman. Oil paints= translucent, layered, gentle gradation of color, blending. Classical antiquity= greek and roman world (5th cen bc- 4th cen ad) Rogier van der weyden, st. luke painting the virgin, 1435-40, oil on panel. Display context: chapel of st. catherine, st. gueule (brussel"s main church) He miraculously arrived in the room with the virgin and child and painted their portrait. Naturalising figures, don"t even have halos, look like any mother and child (we know who it is because we know the biblical story) Column with barrier leads to gardens, then the city beyond. Figures very close to us in the foreground. Virgin is shown as divine with a cloth of honor above her. Artist interested in elevating their craft by making it more noble (religious image)
