Renaissance and Reformation in 16th C. Northern Europe

Chapter 9

Matthias Grunewald, The Isenheim Altarpiece, 1510-15, Germany

Predella

Pestecroix

Grunewald's Isenheim Altarpiece

was located in a hospital!

The Order of St. Anthony treated sufferers of “St. Anthony’s Fire” caused by Ergot poisoning

Albrecht Dürer1471-1528

Printmaker

Painter

Reformist

Albrecht Durer• His interest in science and artistic theory was similar to that of what other artist?

Albrecht Dürer, Four Horsemen of

the Apocalypse, German, 1498

Letter of Indulgence, 1454

Gutenberg Bible, 1450-55

Albrecht Dürer, Four Apostles, German, 1526

•John, Peter, Mark, and Paul

Albrecht Durer, The Fall of Man (Adam and Eve),

1504

Francis I, King of France, 1515-1547Jean Clouet, France, 1524

Chateau de Chambord, Loire Valley, France, 1519

•Commissioned by Francis I as a country house•Reflects Italian taste while maintaining a feudal structure•Roof reflects a medieval village skyline

Alberti, Palazzo Rucellai, Florence, 1446-51

Interior Staircase, Chambord

Hans Holbein the Younger, Henry VIII,

German, 1540

Hans Holbein the Younger, The French

Ambassadors, German,

1533

•Georges de Selve Jean de Denteville•Anamorphic image•Memento Mori

Quinten Massys, Money-

Changer and His Wife,

Dutch, 1514

Lev. 19.36“Let the balance be just and the weights be equal.”

Pieter Aertsen, Meat Still-Life, The Netherlands, 1551

Peter Breugel, Netherlandish Proverbs, 1559

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Hunters in the Snow, The Netherlands, 1565

Caterina Van Hemessen,

Self-Portrait, The

Netherlands, 1548

•“Caterina van Hemessen painted me/1548/her age 20”

El Greco, The Burial of

Count Orgaz, Spain, 1586

•Domenikos Theotokopoulos

Juan de Herrera, El Escorial, Spain, 1563-84