Chapter 18: The 15th century in Northern Europe

Centers of Northern European Art during the Fifteenth Century.

Paintings of Several Parts!

Triptych Polyptych

Jan (and Hubert)

Van Eyck, Ghent

AltarpieceFlanders,

1432

Jodocus Byd and Lysbette Borluut

Atmospheric Perspective

• Atmospheric interference with visual perception causes loss of contrast, detail and sharp focus. It tends to make objects seem to take on a blue-gray color as they move farther away.

Jan van Eyck,Man in a Red

Turban,Flemish, 1433

Oil vs. Tempera

Robert Campin, The Merode Altarpiece, Flanders, 1425-28

Jan van Eyck,Giovanni Arnolfini

and His Bride,Flanders,

1434

Jean Fouquet, Étienne Chevalier and Saint Stephen, Melun Altarpiece, France, ca. 1450

Petrus Christus,

A Goldsmith in his Shop, Flanders,

1449

Limbourg Brothers, Les Tres Riches

Heures du Jean, Duc de Berry, France,

1411-16

The Very Rich Hours of John, the Duke of Berry

January

February

Apr. May

JuneJuly

Aug. Sep.

Oct. Nov.

Martin Schongauer,St. Anthony

Tormented by Demons, Germany,1480-90

• Engraving• Printmaking

Technique: Woodcuts and Engravings.

Printmaking -- Woodcut

• The design is cut into a wood block leaving the raised surfaces to be inked and print.

Printmaking -- Engraving

• Lines are cut into a copper plate with a burin. Ink is forced down into the grooves and the surface is wiped clean. It is then run through a press.