Renaissance in Northern Europe Artists as Innovators Writers as Reformers Printing Press and the Spread of Ideas
Through Artists’ Eyes Jan van Eyck ( ) Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1525?-1569) Albrecht Durer Hans Holbein the Younger ( )
Jan van Eyck ( ) The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin 1435
The Annunciation, 1435 Symbols 1.White lilies 2.Dove 3.Pavement Meanings
The Arnolfini Betrothal, 1434 Symbols 1.Candle 2.Fruit 3.Dog Meaning
The Arnolfini Betrothal (detail) Chandelier Mirror Beads Brush Artist signature
Edwin F Aldrin, Pilot Apollo 11
Pieter Brueghel’s Subjects Peasant Dance, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna,1568
Carnival and Lent,
The Peasant Wedding
Self Portrait Albrecht Durer, Age 26
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Woodcut, 1498
St. Jerome in His Cell Woodcut 1514
Holbein’s Portraits Hans Holbein, age 45, shortly before his death
Erasmus, 1523 Author, Praise of Folly Translator, New Testament Christian Humanist
Sir Thomas More, 1527 Chancellor of England Author, Utopia Beheaded for treason
German Merchant, 1535 Vase Carnation, rosemary Table cover Clock Correspondence
German Merchant (detail)
Henry VIII, 1540 Defender of the Faith King of England Renaissance Man Husband of Catherine Disbanded Monasteries
Edward, Prince of Wales, 1539
The Printer’s Trade TypecasterWoodcutter
Vellum MakerBookbinders
The Spread of Ideas Christ and the Money Changers Pope and Indulgence Moneys