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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art
Northern Renaissance • Jan van Eyck
The Arnolfini Wedding
Dürer
Holbein
Anne of Cleves and Henry VIII
Netherlandish Proverbs
Brueghel The Peasant Dance
Peasant Wedding
• Work with a partner to create a Venn Diagram comparing works from the Italian Renaissance with those from the Northern Renaissance. – Each partner needs to have a copy of the Venn Diagram
• Things to consider: – Artistic styles – Subjects of the works – Financers
Italian Renaissance
Northern Renaissance
ARTISTIC STYLES Soft Use of pastels
ARTISTIC STYLES Sharp, vivid Used more oil paints Paintings were more detailed
SUBJECTS -Religious because the Church financed -Stories from Classical Greece / Rome
SUBJECTS -Families, people in everyday life -Less open – fewer nude paintings -Religious in thought, but fewer religious scenes
FINANCERS Catholic Church paid painters
FINANCERS Merchants paid for paintings
SIMILARITIES Used new methods: more realistic, less idealized, use of perspective Religious subjects Glorified the love of Christ and power of God Glorified man and celebrated his accomplishments as an individual