Written Assignment     The Northern Renaissance 

This is a research essay, about 350 words, more if you get going, Mr. S.

I want you to research one of the following two works of art by these influential artists connected to the Renaissance in Northern Europe.

• The first work is called the Ghent Altarpiece by Jan Van Eyck, a Flemish artist in the medieval Belgium city of Ghent.

• Work two is the Isenheim Altarpiece by Mathias Grunewald, a Northern Renaissance artist in Germany.
• https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/northern

Step 1.

Read everything in the text about one of these works, and the artist who created them. You should include a brief bio, and a brief description of the place in which they lived.

Step 2.

Research your chosen work on the web, you may start with the sites that I have included below, but you have to include a minimum of one more site that you find on your own.

Jan Van Eyck

Grunewald

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/early-europe-and-colonial-americas/renaissance-art-europe-ap/a/grnewald-isenheim-altarpiece

Step 3.

350 words

BE SURE TO INCLUDE FOOTNOTES, AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY

See Course Information Doc. on Footnotes

• How does each artist portray his subject in a unique way?

• Describe each work, what do you see in the picture?

Is there anything that really catches your eye in the picture?

• What did you find out in your research?

• What in the picture identifies the country of origin?

i.e. is there anything in the picture that connects it to the place of origin?

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/northern-renaissance1/burgundy-netherlands/a/vaneyck-ghentaltar

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/northern-renaissance1/burgundy-netherlands/v/ghent-altarpiece-closed

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/northern-renaissance1/burgundy-netherlands/v/ghent-altar-open