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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 Dürer
1471-1528
Printmaker
Painter
Reformist
• His interest in
science andDurer
artistic theory was
Albrecht
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,
1515-1547
Jean 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,
MoneyChanger 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