ARTH154 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Venus, Old Testament, Jesus
20 Nov 2018
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St. luke drawing the virgin, rogier van der weyden (northern renaissance) 1440: st. luke = patron saint of painters, this is likely a self portrait, st. luke is an evangelist. Also, she is shown all of her body above her waist, which is untypical for portraits at this time which normally stopped w the head, face, and shoulders; eyes follow with optical illusion. Melancholia i, albrecht durer (northern renaissance) 1515: northern renaissance, engraving - woodcut, melancholy; one of the four humors the fluids that were the basis of the theories about. Or is it self knowledge and truth: used a camera obscura! Interest in revealing human soul emerges in his careful focus on his expressive visage: controlled use of light and nonspecific setting. Image of aristocracy at play in the fantasy of the world that they had created for themselves.
