Northern+Renaissance

**Northern Renaissance Room** Northern European merchants carried Italian paintings home. Painters from northern Europe studied with Italian masters. In these ways, the dynamic new painting techniques of Italian artists inspired other artists. In Flanders a group of painters developed their own distinct style. Known among some historians and critics as the **Flemish school**, these painters are credited with perfecting certain techniques of painting in oil on canvas. This room includes pieces by Jan and Hubert van Eyck, Pieter Brueghel, Albrecht Durer, and Hans Holbein.

Piece #1

Wedding Portrait by van Eyck (c. 1434) The central characters in this painting are Giovanni Arnolfini, an Italian banker, and his wife. They are exchanging wedding vows. Until 1563, it was legal to be married without a priest. Many of the objects in the room carry a symbolic message. The oranges represent fertility, the dog represents fidelity, the mirror stands for purity, and the single burning candle in the chandelier symbolizes the all-seeing Christ. The fact that the couple has taken off their shoes indicates that they are standing on holy ground. The Arnolfinis seem to be alone, but there are additional people in the room. They are reflected in the mirror in the center of the rear wall. One of the figures is thought to be the artist because the writing on the wall above the mirror says, "Jan van Eyck was here." His role was that of a witness to the marriage ceremony. Some art historians believe that this portrait is a pictorial wedding certificate.

Piece #2

Donated By Joseph Chhoeun The Fall of Icarus Pieter Brueghel c. 1558 Oil on Canvas Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium The title tells you that this is Icarus, who's father built him wax wings to fly with, but did not heed his father's advice against flying to close to the sun.

Piece #3

//__donated by Brian Kolligian Netherlandish proverbs by Pieter Brueghel__// (1559) Netherlandish Proverbs relates to northern Parables and has a multitude of surreal details, such as pies on the roof and a man bashing his head against a wall

Piece #4   Donated by Ben Moore  Portrait of King Henry VIII by: Hans Holbein (c.1536.) <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> The King Henry VIII is portrait of King Henry VIII. Hans Holbein became a famous Court Painter. The Portrait was oil on wood. It is currently housed in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid, Spain. Hans Holbein mostly painted portraits and he is famous for painting these portraits because there weren’t really any portraits that people painted.

<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(228, 27, 81)"><span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(219, 41, 52)">Piece #5 <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> **<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 151)">Donated by Nary Tong ** Peasant Dance, Oil on Wood by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, c. 1568; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna <span style="display: block; color: rgb(255, 0, 152); text-align: left">Pieter Brueghel the Elder born c. 1525, probably Breda, duchy of Brabant died September. 5/9, 1569, Brussels. Pieter is Dutch and he was famous for being a Flemish artist. The Peasant Dance depicts the celebration of the Holy Day. While couples dance, other details reveal drinking, fighting, and public kissing. One woman even leads a man into an inn. All serves to illustrate how people use a supposed “holy day” as an excuse to indulge in vices.

<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(228, 27, 81)"><span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(219, 41, 52)">Piece #6 <span style="display: block; color: rgb(255, 0, 152); text-align: left"> Donated by Michael Campbell The Holy Family with an Angel Musician Master of Frankfurt C. 1500-10 Tempera on Panel

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 238)">Donated by Janae Nesmith Madonna in a church 1437-1439 Oil on wood <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 238)">Germany <span style="color: rgb(11, 9, 11)"> Made to show the a Religious side.

<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(228, 27, 81)"><span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(219, 41, 52)">Piece #8 <span style="color: rgb(11, 9, 11)"> Loaned by Nick Hohman Holbein in England by Hans Holbein 1526-1528 Holbein loved to paint Henry and his court on occasions.

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<span style="color: rgb(11, 9, 11)">Donated by: Richard Freytes-Melendez Edward VI as a child By: Hans Holbein the Younger Created in the year 1538 Oil on Panel National Art Gallery in Washington D.C. The German inscription that appears at the bottom of this painting has been translated in English and reads as follows:

"Little one, emulate thy father and be the heir of his virtue; the world contains nothing greater. Heaven and earth could scarcely produce a son whose glory would surpass that of such a father. Do thou but equal the deeds of thy parent and men can ask no more. Shouldst thou surpass him, thou hast outscript all kings the world has revered in ages past."

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<span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(255, 0, 12)"><span style="color: rgb(89, 248, 162); font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif"> <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; color: rgb(5, 6, 5)"> Donated by Zoey Stoltzfus Portrait of a young woman by Christus Petrus (1470) oil on wood, Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Christus Petrus was a pupil of Jon Van Eyck and took over his workshop after Eych died in 1441.

<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(228, 27, 81)"><span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(219, 41, 52)">Piece #11 <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; color: rgb(5, 6, 5)"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Self-Portrait in Furcoat Artist- Albrecht Durer 1500 oil on panel displayed in Munich Germany <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> The most celebrated of Dürer's many self-portraits is this painting, made when he was 29 and renowned throughout Europe. Frankly idealized into a Christlike image, it may have been meant by Dürer to remind viewers that an artist's creative spirit is God-given. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Facing strait forward, wearing a brown robe with a dark brown fur collar and ornamental notches on the sleeves, he is delicately grasping the fur of the collar. by MARK SHARTLE <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; color: rgb(5, 6, 5)">