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