ART 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Jan Van Eyck, Robert Campin, The Cloisters
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In a parallel universe called flanders (based around the city of amsterdam) Equal time and equally rich as: ruled by duke of burgundy (not a republic) The room that it"s in is decorated as an authentic flemish home of the time (1400s) The painting itself was not made for a church (private devotion put in a home) The scene is set in what looks exactly like a flemish home of the time. Annunciation unfold right there at their kitchen table: all the scenes of christ taking place in your town! Like botticelli"s aunnication: flemish art is more into packing their paintings with symbols (in order 1-7) Bucket of water and towel cleanliness of. Lillies white, a symbol of purity, theological nuance of the trinity (one isn"t bloomed yet bc jesus isn"t born yet) Book on top of a scroll new vs. old testament, surpassing in its authority.
