#the northern renaissance

[criminalgays]

historians of tumblr is there a reason that the author of this britannica academic article is referring to King Charles VIII of France as a “barely literate gnome of a man” or is this another case of a historian having random beef with a historical figure but still being forced to talk about them

[collectionstilllife]

Hans Memling (1430-1494) • Still Life with a Jug with Flowers (The reverse side of Portrait of a Praying Man) • c. 1480 • Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain

[lionofchaeronea]

Christ in Limbo (from the Great Passion woodcut series), Albrecht Dürer, 1510

[illustratus]

Detail of the Statue of Italian Condottiero Lodovico de' Medici, also known as Giovanni delle Bande Nere

“Non mi snudare senza ragione. Non mi impugnare senza valore.”

“Do not unsheathe me without reason. Do not wield me without valour.”

[thewisecheerio]

My favorite thing about Soulsborne games is how one moment they're like

And then 5 seconds later they're like

[jstor]

Here is a two-sided drawing featuring pillow studies and a self-portrait by Albrecht Dürer. Enjoy your weekend, but don't forget to sleep!

These images come from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection on JSTOR, which is free and open to all!

[per-asperaa-ad-astra]

Ascent of the Blessed, ca. 1500-1504, by Hieronymus Bosch

[7pleiades7]

The Madonna at the Fountain (1439) by Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441), oil on panel, 19 x 12 cm, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp ©www.lukasweb.be -Art in Flanders Photo: Hugo Maertens

[classic-art-favourites]

Crucifixion Diptych by Rogier van der Weyden, 1460.

[victusinveritas]

This tiny boxwood peapod (10cm) was carved in 1500 AD, by a North German artist. It opens to reveal little peas, and then those peas open to reveal ten little carved scenes from Genesis.

Now housed at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Berlin.

Credit: Dr. M.F. Khan

[geritsel]

Follower of Hieronymus Bosch - Christ's Descent into Hell, late 16th century.

[classicalcanvas]

Title: Primula

Artist: Albrecht Durer

Date: 1526

Style: Northern Renaissance

Genre: Flower Painting

[virgocurator]

Close up of the Virgin Mary

Panel from the Ghent Altarpiece by Hubert and Jan Van Eyck 1426-1419

I haven't posted in a while. A lot of changes have been happening in my life, but I'm finally starting to settle down again. This panel in particular stuck out to me in my Northern Renaissance class. :)

[lionofchaeronea]

The Holy Trinity, Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1515

[illustratus]

The Resurrection by Sandro Botticelli

[homerstroystory]

Busts of Achilles, Agamemnon, and Hector in Conference (from Scenes from The Story of The Trojan War)

c. 1470-90; probably produced through the Pasquier Grenier of Tournai; Tournai, South Netherlands; wool warp, wool wefts with a few silk wefts; 78.7 x 167.6cm

Currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City), accession no. 55.39