Northern Renaissance Art William V. Ganis, PhD
Fascination with detail Presentation of nature
Netherlandish Art
Peter Bruegel Peasant Wedding 1566 Oil. On panel.
Pieter Breugel the Elder Hunters in the Snow 1565 oil on panel 3 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft. 4 in. Painted peasants in their daily activities and special festivals.
Jan Van Eyck Arnolfini Wedding, 1434 oil on panel 82 X 59 cm. Excelled at portraying light Everything has symbolism. (pg 270)
Jan Van Eyck The Annunciation oil on panel 92 X 36 cm.
Germanic Art
Albrecht Dürer Self-Portrait 1498 oil on board 20 1/2 in. x 16 1/8 in. Painting, woodcut, engraving, and drawing. One of the first to create a self portrait.
Albrecht Dürer Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ca woodcut 15 1/4 x 11 in.
Albrecht Dürer The Hare 1502 watercolor and gouache on paper 25 x 23 cm One of the first to keep works done in watercolor.
Albrecht Dürer Four Apostles 1526 oil on panel each panel 7 ft. 1 in. x 2 ft. 6 in. Durer’s last major work.
French Art
Pierre Lescot Square Court of the Louvre 1546 – Paris First French Renaissance Arhitecture
Jean Clouet Francis I oil and tempera on panel 3 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft. 5 in.
Jean Clouet Francis I oil and tempera on panel 3 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft. 5 in.
Spanish Art
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulous) The Burial of Count Orgaz 1586 oil on canvas 16 x 12 ft.
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulous) View of Toledo 1586 oil on canvas 47 3/4 x 42 3/4 in.
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulous) Resurrection oil on canvas