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Northern Renaissance Art: Similarities?
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Weekly posts regarding art from the Northern Renaissance. Wednesday, November 14, 2012. There are so many similarities in themes, functions, symbolism and many other aspects of Northern Renaissance art. In previous blog posts I've gone over themes of suffering and torture, symbolism through idioms and devotion, controversy in Northern Renaissance art. This time I'm going to see if you guys can't pick out not only different themes or functions of the pieces, but if you can relate them to each other.
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Northern Renaissance Art: Proverbs
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Weekly posts regarding art from the Northern Renaissance. Tuesday, October 30, 2012. So far, my blog has been focused more on an informative level rather than interactive. For this post I want to invite the reader to interpret a painting by Pieter Bruegel on their own before I elaborate on the iconography and subjects depicted. I chose a painting that has over 100 idioms that can be recognized, see if you can't find them for yourself. Oil on oak panel, 117 x 163 cm. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Northern Renaissance Art: October 2012
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Weekly posts regarding art from the Northern Renaissance. Wednesday, October 31, 2012. If you haven't been following my tweets about Northern Renaissance art at @kimberlybreuer, recently I've given some shoutouts to some other bloggers that also love this incredible section of art history. Here are some links to some great and informative sites I've found! Http:/ www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Northern-Renaissance-Art.html. Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Oil on oak panel, 117 x 163 cm. The man on the bottom...
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Northern Renaissance Art: September 2012
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Weekly posts regarding art from the Northern Renaissance. Wednesday, September 19, 2012. The artist of this piece from the Hours of Mary of Burgundy. Master Mary of Burgundy. Hours of Mary of Burgundy,. Illumination on parchment, 22 x 16 cm. The window past her depicts some of her visionary experience through her meditations of being in the same space. A reflection of her again is seen through the window, as well as t. Thursday, September 13, 2012. Controversy Surrounding Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Wedding.
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Northern Renaissance Art: Suffering and Preparation for Death
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Weekly posts regarding art from the Northern Renaissance. Thursday, November 8, 2012. Suffering and Preparation for Death. Unterlinder Museum, France. Unterlinder Museum, France. Written by Andree Hayum, reinforces this idea of medicine as a way to ease the suffering of illness rather than cure the disease. He brings up bloodletting and amputation as a means of relieving their symptoms without the hope of actually preserving their life. Unterlinder Museum, France. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Northern Renaissance Art: November 2012
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Weekly posts regarding art from the Northern Renaissance. Wednesday, November 14, 2012. There are so many similarities in themes, functions, symbolism and many other aspects of Northern Renaissance art. In previous blog posts I've gone over themes of suffering and torture, symbolism through idioms and devotion, controversy in Northern Renaissance art. This time I'm going to see if you guys can't pick out not only different themes or functions of the pieces, but if you can relate them to each other. The e...
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Northern Renaissance Art: Idioms Revealed
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Weekly posts regarding art from the Northern Renaissance. Thursday, November 1, 2012. Oil on oak panel, 117 x 163 cm. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Gemaldegalerie, Berlin. Here's Pieter Bruegel's oil painting Netherlandish Proverbs. Is a great example of this, with over 100 idioms portrayed through the figures. Finally, what this post is actually about.the idioms revealed! However, I don't think a blog post can do the painting justice as well as Wikipedia already has. They have each idiom (112!
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Northern Renaissance Art: Shoutout
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Weekly posts regarding art from the Northern Renaissance. Wednesday, October 31, 2012. If you haven't been following my tweets about Northern Renaissance art at @kimberlybreuer, recently I've given some shoutouts to some other bloggers that also love this incredible section of art history. Here are some links to some great and informative sites I've found! Http:/ www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Northern-Renaissance-Art.html. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Promote Your Page Too. Follow my other blogs!
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Northern Renaissance Art: Preparation for Death
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Weekly posts regarding art from the Northern Renaissance. Monday, October 22, 2012. The exterior of the altarpiece encourages the patients to endure the pain that is clearly lesser than that of Christ's to ultimately witness the resurrection of Christ. The depiction is portrayed as a much more hopeful scene in comparison to the interior. This resurrection was meant to give the hospital patients hope that their pain would pass just as Christ's had. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Promote Your Page Too.
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