FAH230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Jan Gossaert, Catharina Van Hemessen, Petrus Christus
Document Summary
Northern european art in the 16 th c; reactions to italian art and religious conflicts (cid:1) Looking at artists who were active in the first part of 16th c. Hieronymus bosch, adoration of the magi triptych, closed. Real name is van aken; took the name bosch (name of home town) Active member of the catholic church, listed among members of religious confraternity. Very imaginative artist; changed the way triptych worked. Mass of st. gregory vision of christ as man of sorrow on top of the altar. Bosch, adoration of the magi triptych, open, 1510. Left = male donor w/ st. peter. Center = naked figure (covered in drapes) has a crown (anti- Message = coming of christ was not a happy event//dark message // juxtaposed with image of anti-christ. St. joseph is placed in the distance, unusual in this iconography. Rendering nature in all its multiple aspects. (even its negative side)
