![]() ![]() See a close-up of the angels and the sky beyond.Īn angel within a golden aureole appears to shepherds in this miniature, which has a range of nocturnal light effects. The Annunciation to the Shepherds from the Emerson-White Hours, Master of the Houghton Miniatures, before 1482 Daylight's first rays bounce off metallic armor, illuminate windswept clouds, and reflect the arches of a bridge in the river. Troops advance on a town at sunrise in this image by the Master of the Getty Froissart, which illustrates an account of the Hundred Years' War. Artists in northern Europe were particularly adept at capturing reflections and nighttime light effects. See a close-up of the soldiers and the sky.Įuropean painters and illuminators of the 1400s shared an interest in depicting light. ![]() The Soldiers of Brabant Entering Ravenstein from Chronicles, Master of the Getty Froissart, about 1480–1483 Flemish painter Lieven van Lathem took particular delight in depicting bodies of water, such as the meandering river in this image of Christ appearing to Saint James the Greater. Traversing lakes, fording rivers, and voyaging upstream were regular features of travel.įrom the 1200s into the 1500s, artists began to take an interest in capturing the transparency and movement of water. In the Middle Ages, water also played a practical role. Seas, lakes, rivers, and streams have long inspired painters and poets. See a close-up of the figures in the river. The garden was also an important theme in literature, starting with the biblical garden of Eden as depicted in this representation of the temptation of Adam and Eve.Ĭhrist Appearing to Saint James the Greater from the Prayer Book of Charles the Bold, Lieven van Lathem, 1469 In art, the garden was also used allegorically, for example to represent love in the popular theme of the garden of love. During the Renaissance, the garden was a prominent feature of aristocratic estates. The garden is landscape cultivated for human pleasure. The Story of Adam and Eve from Concerning the Fates of Illustrious Men and Women, French, about 1415 The tiny island of Patmos recedes dramatically into space, while the sea extends further still. The artist filled the image with many closely observed details: the movement of the water, a blue sky with a distant horizon bathed in an atmospheric haze, mountains and a precipitous rocky island. This miniature shows the shift toward including natural details in depictions of settings. Beginning in the late 1300s, however, artists took a new interest in the observation of nature and the poetic character of natural surroundings. Throughout much of the Middle Ages, artists emphasized figures at the expense of setting. Saint John the Evangelist from a Book of Hours, George Trubert, about 1480–1490 It illustrates the story from Genesis of the first rain in Paradise following the seven days of the creation of the World. Water falls from the heavens in this early and rare depiction of rain. This exhibition looks at the aspects of nature that captivated manuscript illuminators during the Renaissance-the garden, water, light, the horizon, atmosphere, and the bird's-eye view. Yet landscape as a category of European painting emerged only during the Renaissance. ![]() Landscape is such a common subject in art that we take it for granted. The First Rain in Paradise from the World Chronicle, German, about 1400–1410 ![]()
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