ARTH 120 Final: ARTH 120 lecture notes [W18 weeks 13-18]
3 Jan 2019
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Late renaissance and the reformation in sixteenth-century europe: Creating a link between visually unlike art pieces. Black was expensive pigment, characters must be wealthy, family of status. Dog symbolizes loyalty or faithfulness (husband and wife) Celebration of colonization / reminder of acts against indigenous peoples. Model"s contribution to artwork; overall women"s contribution. Ml was german scholar interested in learning. His list of complaints (toward church): growing power of church/pope, pope"s status and position between the people and god, indulgences sold by church. Able to mass produce text at this point which spread his complaints widely. Translated bible into other languages; led to development of new church branch protestant. Access to heaven is not derived from indulgences. Embrace of realistic detail; importance of emotion, humanistic and individualistic. Northern influence; careful depiction, incredible detail and mirror of nature. Imitating nature was divine creation and creating perfection. Engraving; can be mass produced, circulated widely, more success in popularity and wealth.
