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Renaissance Art Research Paper

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Jeffrey T. Heeney

Dr. Ignacio Moreno

HA 222 A

26 February 2018

A brief history of Renaissance Art in Bruges, Belgium and two specific works by Jan van Eyck, Dieric Bouts, and Hugo van der Goes

Europe has always been a special place for me. I spent 30 years in the Air Force and was able to live and travel around Europe frequently. As a child I had always been a lover of History , and being stationed in Europe fed into those loves

Fortunately for me, those times in Europe were life changing. I was able to travel to Bruges Belgium twice, twenty years apart and was amazed on both occasions. The unmolested Architecture, and richness of Art and Culture was beyond reproach.

To get a small amount of perspective into …show more content…

In the 12th century, Bruges was proclaimed a city, but soon after the river silted up. Bruges adapted by creating ports just outside of town; and, over the land transport became prevalent.

Many Traders from all over to flocked to the city to sell their goods and to buy Flemish cloth, which was produced in various cities, such as Ghent.

In the 14th century, Bruges developed as a main warehouse for North-European cities. Several countries, such as Italy, Germany and Spain, had their own representation in Bruges, making it a truly European center where different languages could be heard constantly and where many exotic products were on …show more content…

Due to this act he is seen as the patron saint of horses. His very pale, and slim body contrast with the very bright and saturated knights, who stand out against the very steep ground. The emotionless atmosphere overcomes this cruel scene with a powerful silence. The subjects spread over the entire length of the scene and remain on the same scale thanks to the perspective. They are situated on an exaggerated slope, so that the eye placed at the top of the table remains equidistant from each of the figures; those in the foreground are seen in plunging perspective, the upper body taking on an exceptional importance. This size of the torso results from a vision effect.http://kerdonis.fr/

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