ARTH 1111 Chapter Notes -Art Deco, Steeple, Proverb
12 Feb 2014
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23-1 bosch - garden of earthly delight: 3 part panel, oil on wood. Patron is represents holy union, the problems of human sin, the punishment of hell. Strange machinery, tubes, beakers, supposed to represent an alchemy lab, and the allure of alchemy. 12-15 gossaert - neptune and amphitrite: an exhibition of what he saw in rome, incorporates forms of columns, bucrenia (ox skulls popular in some forms of roman architecture and during the art deco period). In the tradition of adam of eve, placed in a classical frame. 23-16 massys - money changer and his wife: use of re ection in the little mirror, re ecting the window to the street, with a man who is praying and behind him there is a church steeple. This is a judgement of th wife, her idleness, and how she is not studying her prayer book. She is more interested in her husband"s work as a money changer.
