Renaissance in Northern Europe

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Renaissance in Northern Europe

• Artists as Innovators
• Writers as Reformers
• Printing Press and the Spread of Ideas

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Through Artists Eyes

• Jan van Eyck (1390-1441)
• Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1525?-1569)
• Albrecht Durer
• Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543)

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Jan van Eyck (1390-1441)

• The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin 1435

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The Annunciation, 1435

• Symbols
• White lilies
• Dove
• Pavement
• Meanings

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The Arnolfini Betrothal, 1434

• Symbols
• Candle
• Fruit
• Dog
• Meaning

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The Arnolfini Betrothal (detail)

• Chandelier
• Mirror
• Beads
• Brush
• Artist signature

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Edwin F Aldrin, Pilot Apollo 11
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Pieter Brueghels Subjects

• Peasant Dance, Kunsthistorisches Museum,
  Vienna,1568

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Carnival and Lent,
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The Peasant Wedding
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Self Portrait Albrecht Durer, Age 26
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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Woodcut, 1498
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St. Jerome in His Cell Woodcut 1514
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Holbeins Portraits

• Hans Holbein, age 45, shortly before his death

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Erasmus, 1523

• Author, Praise of Folly
• Translator, New Testament
• Christian Humanist

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Sir Thomas More, 1527

• Chancellor of England
• Author, Utopia
• Beheaded for treason

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German Merchant, 1535

• Vase
• Carnation, rosemary
• Table cover
• Clock
• Correspondence

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German Merchant (detail)
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Henry VIII, 1540

• Defender of the Faith
• King of England
• Renaissance Man
• Husband of Catherine
• Disbanded Monasteries

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Edward, Prince of Wales, 1539
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The Printers Trade
Typecaster
Woodcutter
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Vellum Maker
Bookbinders
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The Spread of Ideas

Christ and the Money Changers
Pope and Indulgence Moneys