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Picturing Faith and Telling Tales: Northern Renaissance Art

Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts

November 4, 2011

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Presented by Dr. Jeffrey Chipps Smith, Professor and Kay Fortson Chair in European Art, University of Texas at Austin
Northern European art of the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries was characterized by exquisite craftsmanship and didactic intent. Netherlandish and German masters mixed technical virtuosity with inventive pictorial strategies designed to stimulate memory. Paintings, such as those on view in A Divine Light: Northern Renaissance Paintings from the Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery, were practical and beautiful devotional aids used for spiritual betterment. Such paintings could be found in churches as well as private homes. This lecture will explore the revolutionary paintings of artists Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden, among others, that transformed European art.

 

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    Frist Center for the Visual Arts

    919 Broadway
    Nashville, TN 37203

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    November 4, 2011

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    Friday 6:30pm

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