The new art of the fifteenth century : faith and art in Florence and the Netherlands

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The new art of the fifteenth century : faith and art in Florence and the Netherlands

Shirley Neilsen Blum

Abbeville Press Publishers, [2015]

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Includes bibliographical references (p289-307) and index

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Adam and Eve are driven from the Garden of Eden into a rocky landscape, their naked bodies lit by a cold sun, their gestures and expressions a study in shame and anguish. A serious man, well attired, kneels in prayer before the Virgin and Child, close enough to touch them almost, his furrowed brow setting off the saintly perfection of their features. In 15th century Florence and Flanders, painters were using an arsenal of new techniques - including perspective, anatomy, and the accurate treatment of light and shade - to present traditional religious subjects with an unprecedented immediacy and emotional power. Their art was the product of a shared Christian culture, and their patrons included not only nobles and churchmen but also the middle classes of these thriving commercial centres. Shirley Neilsen Blum offers a new synthesis of this remarkable period in Western art - between the refinements of the Gothic and the classicism of the High Renaissance - when the mystical was made to seem real. In the first part of her text, Blum traces the emergence of a new naturalism in the sculpture of Claus Sluter and Donatello, and then in the painting of Van Eyck and Masaccio. In the second part, she compares scenes from the Infancy and Passion of Christ as rendered by artists from North and South. Exploring both the images themselves and the theological concepts that lie behind them, she recreates, as far as possible, the experience of the contemporary 15th century viewer. Abundantly illustrated with colour plates of masterworks by Fra Angelico, Botticelli, Rogier van der Weyden, and others, this thought-provoking volume will appeal equally to general readers and students of art history.

目次

The New Art of the Fifteenth Century Preface Introduction Part I: The Emergence of the New Art 1. The Sculpture of Sluter and Donatello 2. The Painting of Masaccio and Van Eyck 3. The Brancacci Chapel 4. The Ghent Altarpiece Part II: Scenes from the Life of Christ 5. The Annunciation 6. The Adoration of the Shepherds 7. The Adoration of the Magi 8. The Passion Afterword Notes Bibliography Index

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