Renaissance in Northern Europe

• Artists as Innovators

• Writers as Reformers

• Printing Press and the Spread of Ideas

Through Artists’ Eyes

• Jan van Eyck (1390-1441)

• Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1525?-1569)

• Albrecht Durer

• Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543)

Jan van Eyck (1390-1441)• The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin 1435

The Annunciation, 1435

• Symbols1. White lilies

2. Dove

3. Pavement

• Meanings

The Arnolfini Betrothal, 1434

• Symbols1. Candle

2. Fruit

3. Dog

• Meaning

The Arnolfini Betrothal (detail)

• Chandelier

• Mirror

• Beads

• Brush

• Artist signature

Edwin F Aldrin, Pilot Apollo 11

Pieter Brueghel’s Subjects

• Peasant Dance, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna,1568

Carnival and Lent,

The Peasant Wedding

Self Portrait

Albrecht Durer, Age 26

Four Horsemen

of the

ApocalypseWoodcut, 1498

St. Jerome in His CellWoodcut 1514

Holbein’s Portraits• Hans Holbein, age 45, shortly before his death

Erasmus, 1523

• Author, Praise of Folly• Translator, New Testament• Christian Humanist

Sir Thomas More, 1527

• Chancellor of England

• Author, Utopia

• Beheaded for treason

German Merchant, 1535

• Vase

• Carnation, rosemary

• Table cover

• Clock

• Correspondence

German Merchant (detail)

Henry VIII, 1540

• Defender of the Faith

• King of England

• Renaissance Man

• Husband of Catherine

• Disbanded Monasteries

Edward, Prince of Wales, 1539

The Printer’s Trade

Typecaster

Woodcutter

Vellum Maker

Bookbinders

The Spread of Ideas

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Christ and the Money Changers

Pope and Indulgence Moneys