16 th century north (renaissance)
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16 th Century North (Renaissance). Historical Background. 1517: Reformation 1534: Henry VIII and Act of Supremacy 1536: Calvin 1 545-1565: Council of Trent 1555: Peace of Augsburg and challenge to authority of HRE 1560-1589: French religious wars. HRE. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
16th Century North (Renaissance)
Historical Background
• 1517: Reformation• 1534: Henry VIII and Act of Supremacy• 1536: Calvin• 1545-1565: Council of Trent• 1555: Peace of Augsburg and challenge to
authority of HRE• 1560-1589: French religious wars
HRE
• Grunewald: Isenheim Altarpiece• Grien: Witches’ Sabbath• Durer: Fall of Man; Night, Death and the
Devil; Four Apostles; self portrait; Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
• Altdorfer: Battle of Issus• Hans Holbein: Henry VIII; The French
Ambassadors
• Choleric cat(bile)• Melancholic elk(black
bile)• Sanguine rabbit
(blood)• Phlegmatic ox
(phlegm)• Four humors
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Q-cardLucas Cranach the Elder, Nymph of the Spring, 1537, National
Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Hans HOLBEIN the younger, The French Ambassadors
Hans Holbein the Younger, Henry VIII1536 1540
France
• Clouet: Francis I• Chateau/Chateaux• Chennoceaux• Chambord
Netherlands
• Bosch: The Garden of Earthly Delights• Gossaert: Neptune and Amphitrite• Massys: Moneychanger and his Wife• Aertsen: Butcher’s Stall• Caterina van Hemessen: Self-Portrait• Patinir: Landscape with St Jerome• Brueghel the Elder: Hunters in the Snow
Levina Teerlinc, Elizabeth I as a Princess, 1559, oil on wood, 3’ x 2’
Bruegel, The Peasant Wedding
Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights, 1505-15
Bruegel, Carrying of the Cross, 1564
Spain
• Herrera and Bautista de Toledo: El Escorial• El Greco: Burial of Count Orgaz; Toledo
PLATERESQUE STYLE=LIKE SILVERSMITHS’ DESIGN