ARTH213

Topic 2 – An Emerging Reality: Court Art and the Ars Nova

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Key terms:

· International Gothic; Gothic vs. Renaissance; Johan Huizinga’s The Autumn of the Middle Ages vs. Erwin Panofsky’s ars nova; realism vs. naturalism; court artist; Carthusian Order

· Charles V, King of France (r. 1364-1380); Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (r. 1363-1404); Jean, Duke of Berry (r. 1360-1416)

Image group URL: http://www.artstor.org/artstor/ViewImages?q=gDJHdjYr&userId=gjZDdw%3D%3D&igName=4wZEeTA7Jw%3D%3D

<1>
Title : The Wilton Diptych

Date : 1395-1399

<2>
Creator : South Netherlandish workshop
Title : Tapestry fragments from the series 'Five Worthies and Attendant Figures'
(details of King Arthur; Hector; Julius Caesar)
Date : ca. 1400-1410

<3>
Creator : Sluter, Claus

Title: Main portal of the Charterhouse of Champmol (with the figures of Philip the Bold, his wife, Margaret of Flanders, St. John the Baptist and St. Catherine of Alexandria)
Date : 1385-1406

<4>
Creator : Sluter, Claus
Title: The Well of Moses (details of the figures of Moses, King David, and Jeremiah)
Date : 1395-1406

<5>
Creator : Sluter, Claus
Title : Sepulchral monument of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy
Date : 1342-1404

<6>
Creator : Claus de Werve

Title: Mourners from the Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy
Date : 1406-1410

<7>
Creator : Broederlam, Melchior
Title: Dijon Altarpiece: exterior wings
Date : 1395

<8>
Creator: Limbourg Brothers

Title : Très Riches Heures de Duc de Berry
Date : c.1411-16

fol. 1v: January

fol. 7v: July
fol. 10v: October

fol.25v/26: Hours of the Virgin: Fall of Man/The Annunciation
fol.142v/143: Hours of the Passion: Christ in Gethsemane/Christ led to Judgment