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The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist- Bernaert van Orley
This painting was made by Bernaert van Orley, dated from around 1510-1520. van Orley was Netherlandish, so it's safe to say that the painting has influences in the Northern Renaissance. However, that can also be indicated in different elements of the painting, and not only from the painter's origin. The medium of this painting looks like it must have been oil, from the sheen of the painting in the photo. Oil was actually the main medium of the Northern Ren. artists, considering it originated in Northern Europe. The drapery in this painting is also another tipoff that this is a Northern Ren. painting. It was kind of idiosyncratic of the Northern Renaissance paintings to have big, folding drapery. Another thing about the Northern Renaissance was that there was a lot of emphasis on details, and while the photo doesn't do much justice, the smooth texture of the fabric and polished wood come through. All this is accomplished through well-executed modeling, since by knowing how the light would catch on the different surfaces, the textures come out more convincingly.
The piece is an example of continuous narrative, with Mary appearing three different sections of the painting. There is more than one moment of time in this single frame-- first, in the left we see the angel Gabriel telling Zacharias about the birth of a son to Zacharias' wife, Elizabeth, who was barren. And the next half of the painting, there is the naming of John after he has been born, and then we see John again being cared for by midwives and, I think, Mary.
There is a very out-of-place feeling to this painting, since it doesn't look like its Jerusalem, AD 45. It's more like the actual time line of when the piece was made, which was around the early 1500s. What this did was connect the viewer with the stories in the Bible, as not distant, long ago things, but something that was in the present. I suppose that it was a way of connecting the viewer to God, by modernizing scenes in the Bible. This modernization, along with the emphasis on all of God's creations and details, brought a kind of spiritual connection for people in the Northern Renaissance.
The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist- Bernaert van Orley
This painting was made by Bernaert van Orley, dated from around 1510-1520. van Orley was Netherlandish, so it's safe to say that the painting has influences in the Northern Renaissance. However, that can also be indicated in different elements of the painting, and not only from the painter's origin. The medium of this painting looks like it must have been oil, from the sheen of the painting in the photo. Oil was actually the main medium of the Northern Ren. artists, considering it originated in Northern Europe. The drapery in this painting is also another tipoff that this is a Northern Ren. painting. It was kind of idiosyncratic of the Northern Renaissance paintings to have big, folding drapery. Another thing about the Northern Renaissance was that there was a lot of emphasis on details, and while the photo doesn't do much justice, the smooth texture of the fabric and polished wood come through. All this is accomplished through well-executed modeling, since by knowing how the light would catch on the different surfaces, the textures come out more convincingly.
The piece is an example of continuous narrative, with Mary appearing three different sections of the painting. There is more than one moment of time in this single frame-- first, in the left we see the angel Gabriel telling Zacharias about the birth of a son to Zacharias' wife, Elizabeth, who was barren. And the next half of the painting, there is the naming of John after he has been born, and then we see John again being cared for by midwives and, I think, Mary.
There is a very out-of-place feeling to this painting, since it doesn't look like its Jerusalem, AD 45. It's more like the actual time line of when the piece was made, which was around the early 1500s. What this did was connect the viewer with the stories in the Bible, as not distant, long ago things, but something that was in the present. I suppose that it was a way of connecting the viewer to God, by modernizing scenes in the Bible. This modernization, along with the emphasis on all of God's creations and details, brought a kind of spiritual connection for people in the Northern Renaissance.