Art from 1500-1600: Northern Renaissance
The Renaissance in the North continues, but now with the impact of the Protestant Reformation, where there was growing concern that images in the church violated the commandment against making likenesses, as part of the prohibition against worshipping idols. The Reformation had a direct impact on some of the greatest painters of this period, including the German artists Durer, who converted, and Cranach, who was a close friend of Luther. There was increasing exchange during this period between artists in Italy and those in Northern Europe in terms of both methods and style, though the two styles remain distinct. Here we see some of the most complex painting in the work of Holbein, some of the most playful in the work of Bruegel and some of the most terrifying in the work of Bosch.
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Dutch Proverbs, 1559
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Gossaert, Saint Luke Painting the Madonna, c. 1515-25
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Altdorfer, The Battle of Issus, 1529
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Hieronymus Bosch, Last Judgment Triptych, 1504-08
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Lucas Cranach the Elder, Adam and Eve, 1526
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Lucas Cranach the Elder, Cupid complaining to Venus, c. 1525
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Lucas Cranach the Elder, Judith with the Head of Holofernes, c. 1530
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Albrecht Dürer, The Large Piece of Turf, 1503
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Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors, 1533
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Albrecht Dürer, Self-Portrait, 1500
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Hans Holbein the Younger, The Merchant Georg Gisze, 1532
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Albrecht Dürer, Self-portrait, 1498
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Hans Holbein the Younger, Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan, 1538
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Albrecht Dürer, The Four Apostles, 1526
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Hans Holbein the Younger, Portrait of Henry VIII, 1540
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Gerard David, The Virgin and Child with Saints and Donor, c. 1510
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Tower of Babel, 1563
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Woodcuts and Etchings (with a focus on Albrecht Dürer)
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A Renaissance Cabinet Rediscovered
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder's Peasant Wedding, c. 1566-69
