Late+Gothic-Proto+Renaissance

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 * **ALTARPIECE: TRIPTYCH** – three panel painting
 * Media: oil painting on wood
 * First time we see foreshortening handled trying for realism, some perspective issues
 * Average household instead of royalty
 * How to transfer supernatural into everyday
 * Uses symbolism(candle, lily, rose),
 * Earliest Annunciation panel

Jan Van Eyck
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 * Netherlands (Flemish)
 * Jan Van Eyck is credited for invention of oil painting. Allows for more realism
 * Oils are easier to blend and create subtlety
 * Hubert, brother less dominant than Jan, but we aren’t as certain about his contributions
 * //**Arnolfini Wedding - 1434**//
 * HEAVY SYMBOLISM pertaining to faith
 * single candle - presence of God
 * dog - fidelity/loyalty
 * shoes on floor - holy ground
 * broom – domestic responsibility
 * Statuette of St. Margaret on bedpost – patron saint of childbirth
 * Mirror reflects that artist was there + his signature

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Rogier van der Weyden c. 1399-1464

 * Descent from the Cross c. 1435
 * Oil on panel
 * Pain of mother is as great as His
 * Shows human side of the story
 * Shows influence of Robert Campin (Master of Flemalle)

Hieronymus Bosch
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**Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450-1516**
 * His work is known for its use of fantastic imagery to illustrate moral and religious concepts and narratives.
 * Also an excellent draftsman (drawer)
 * When closed shows drawing

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