MAJOR WORKS

of western art
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ARTIST AS INDIVIDUAL
Renaissance Art in
Northern Europe
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 ROBERT CAMPIN
The Annunciation
(The Mérode Altarpiece)
oil on wood
c. 1427
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ALTARPIECE
TRIPTYCH - THREE PANELS
DIPTYCH -TWO PANELS
POLYPTYCH - MANY PANELS
 NETHERLANDISH ART
DEPICTS THE LIFE OF THE
MIDDLE-CLASSES
 ROBERT CAMPIN
The Annunciation
(The Mérode Altarpiece)
oil on wood
c. 1427
REALISM OF DETAIL
AND SYMBOLISM
 ROBERT CAMPIN
The Annunciation
(The Mérode Altarpiece)
oil on wood
c. 1427
FANTASY AND FOLKLORE IN
NETHERLANDISH ART
 HIERONYMUS BOSCH
Triptych of the Garden of Earthly Delights
oil on wood
c. 1500
HIERONYMUS BOSCH
Triptych of the Garden of
Earthly Delights
left panel
oil on wood
c. 1500
 HIERONYMUS BOSCH
Triptych of the Garden of
Earthly Delights
central panel
oil on wood
c. 1500
 HIERONYMUS BOSCH
Triptych of the Garden of Earthly Delights
oil on wood
c. 1500
 HIERONYMUS BOSCH
Triptych of the
Garden of Earthly Delights
right panel
oil on wood
c. 1500
 HIERONYMUS BOSCH
Triptych of the Garden of Earthly Delights
oil on wood panel
c. 1500
HIERONYMUS BOSCH
Triptych of the Garden of
Earthly Delights
backside (closed)
oil on wood
c. 1500
 NETHERLANDISH ART
depicting the
life of the common people
PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER, The Peasant Wedding, oil on wood, c. 1568
PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER, The Parable of the Blind, oil on canvas, 1568
THE RISE OF THE PORTRAIT:
RULERS, ARISTOCRACY
AND
THE MIDDLE CLASSES
HANS HOLBEIN
THE YOUNGER
Portrait of
King Henry VIII
oil on wood
1540
 JEAN CLOUET
Portrait of King François I
oil on wood
1525-1530
Master of the Fontainebleau School
Gabrielle d'Estrée and
her Sister Duchess Villars
oil on wood
c.1595
HANS HOLBEIN THE
YOUNGER
The Ambassadors
oil on wood
1533
HANS HOLBEIN THE
YOUNGER
The Ambassadors
oil on wood
1533
JAN VAN EYCK
The Arnolfini Wedding
oil on wood
1434
JAN VAN EYCK
The Arnolfini Wedding
oil on wood
1434
QUENTIN MASSYS
The Money-changer
and his Wife
oil on wood
1514
ALBRECHT DÜRER
Self-portrait
with Gloves
oil on wood
1498
 THE PRINT:
MASS PRODUCED IMAGES
SPREAD
ACROSS EUROPE
ALBRECHT DÜRER
Rhinoceros
woodcut
1515
GERMAN RENAISSANCE ART:
REALISM OF DETAIL
AND
EXPRESSIONISM
MATTHIAS GRÜNEWALD, Isenheim altarpiece, oil on wood, c. 1515
MATTHIAS GRÜNEWALD, The Crucifixion, Isenheim altarpiece, central panel, oil on wood, c. 1515
 COMPARE GERMAN AND
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART
(REALISM VS. IDEALISM)
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ANDREA MANTEGNA
St. Sebastian
tempera on
wood
1457