Northern Renaissance

What the page covers

Most of this page is flashcard decks, built by students for their own courses. Many are image-and-identification sets: artwork, artist, date and place. Decks such as Chapter 20 images and renaissance in northern europe art works ch2 list the Limbourg brothers' calendar pages, the Ghent Altarpiece, Robert Campin's Mérode Altarpiece and Bruegel's Harvesters.

Other decks look like exam sets, with titles such as Northern Renaissance Midterm 2020. Its questions ask about narrative, unusual details, where the donor is placed and what joining the artists' guild involved. One deck title also points to the Reformation and Protestant art in the north.

Where to start

1. Begin with Northern Renaissance or Northern Renaissance Art for a general pass through works and dates.
2. Move to Art History Readings ARTH Winter Semester for the Dukes of Burgundy and the Flemish painters.
3. Use the midterm decks to check what you can recall without prompts.

Using maps and flashcards together

There are no quizzes on this page, so the flashcards do the testing. The mind maps give you the reasoning behind the images. The Marriage of Arnolfini splits the painting into content, context, composition and space, light and colour, techniques and style, symbols and interpretation. It also compares readings of the picture. Read the map first, then run a deck and see whether you can explain each work, not just name it.

Other maps focus on The Adoration of the Kings (Monforte Altarpiece) and on Hugo van der Goes. A note on Albrecht Durer adds a printmaker's view. One deck mentions AP Art History, so it may suit school students too.

Where it sits

This unit belongs to the Renaissance and Baroque strand of Art history. It is the northern European thread of that strand, set apart from Italian work. Pick a deck, then make your own cards for the works you keep missing.