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    Edition. College Art. (2012) http://www.architecturecourses.org/ziggurat-ur. Figure 12-4. Windows Internet Explorer. Google Images. (02/02/2014). “Ghent Altarpiece.” https://www.google.com/search/ghent/altarpiece/. Figure 12-7. Windows Internet Explorer. Google Images. (02/02/2014). “Portinari Altarpiece.” https://www.google.com/search/portinari/altarpiece/. Figure 13-9. Windows Internet Explorer. Google Images. (02/02/2014). “David.” https://www.google.com/search/david/. Figure 13-10. Windows Internet

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    not as bright compare to other paints. Jan van Eyck is a painter. According to Marilyn Stokstad‚ he painted for” Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy” (575). He used oil media to paint portraits of the duke. His famous artwork is the Ghent Altarpiece (1432). The altarpiece is highly detailed‚ fill with symbolism‚ and is bright hues. Illuminated manuscripts are “secular writings” (568) that tiny paintings inside or the boarders are decorated. One

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    The change in the patronage system over the 14th century through the 17th century had a significant impact on the artworks during that time. Rulers‚ nobles‚ religious leaders‚ and the very wealthy people used patronage of the arts to endorse their social positions‚ prestige‚ and political ambitions. Art patronage was especially important in the creation of religious art. Such as the Roman Catholic Church sponsored art and architecture‚ as seen in cathedrals‚ churches‚ sculpture‚ paintings‚ and handicrafts

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    enough differences between them to identify one from the other. Northern renaissance mostly focused on religious ideas. They were more concern with reform the church and adopt the path of early Christian church. Jan van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece (closed)‚ Saint Bavo Cathedral‚ Ghent and Rogier vander Weyden’s Deposition also show this concept. Also northern renaissance art artist were more realistic than Italian renaissance artists. Their painting didn’t have Greek gods but real people. Many of their painted

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    but both are paintings. One symbolizes religion‚ while the other symbolizes the Indian Heritage. The two I choose was Figure 6 in chapter one and was painted by Jan Van Eyck known as a God Panel known as the Ghent Altarpiece‚ made around 1432 c‚. My second one is that of the Treaty Signing at Medicine Creek Lodge‚ painted by Howling Wolf between 1875- 1878. That painting is figure 43 in chapter two of the text.

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    on wood panel‚ 33 x 22 ½” [pic] • Robert Campin‚ Merode Altarpiece‚ c. 1425-1430s‚ oil on wood panel‚ center 25 ¼ x 24 7/8”; each wing approx. 25 3/8 x 10 ¾” [pic] • Jan van Eyck‚ Ghent Altarpiece‚ 1432‚ oil on panel‚ 11’ 5 ¾” x 15’ 1 ½” [pic] • Rogier van der Weyden‚ Deposition‚ c. 1435-1438‚ oil on wood panel‚ 7’ 2 5/8” x 8’ 7 1/8” [pic] • Hugo van der Goes‚ Portinari Altarpiece‚ c. 1474-1476‚ tempra and oil on wood panel‚ center 8’ 3 ½” x 10’; wings

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    In my own definition‚ fragmentary realism is pieces of artworks put together to tell a story. Jan Van Eyck did the artwork that was described in lecture that display fragmentary realism and it is Called Ghent Altarpiece painted in 1432. There are 12 different pictures grouped together to make a story in his work. In the upper center of the painting there is God the Father‚ Jesus on his left hand side and Mary the mother of Christ seated at his right hand side. At the upper end of the painting there

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    master of oil paintings that has made many achievements. Jan Van Eyck was born in 1395‚ but nobody actually know when he was actually born. One of his most famous painting is about a married couple standing in a bedroom. Another masterpiece is The Ghent Altarpiece. Most of his works were during the early Renaissance and they were to observe

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    window structure or indeed of any variation on the plain‚ smooth surface of the underlying background.17 Some earlier works attributed to Leonardo‚ the Madonna Litta‚ the Benois Madonna (both Hermitage‚ St. Petersburg)‚ and the Madonna with the Carnation (Alte Pinakothek‚ Munich)‚ all have a window behind the figure; thus the absence of a window in the background of the Cecilia Gallerani raises the question “why?”. The following section will be divided into two parts: why did Leonardo include a

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