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Review of the development of portraiture. Complement to the text. The medieval period. Illuminated portrait of Richard II. XIVth. The Wilton Diptych was painted by anonymous artists . It belonged to Richard II and was used as a mobile altarpiece . . XVth - XVIth. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Review of the development of portraiture
Complement to the text
The medieval periodTYPES OF PORTRAITS SOCIETY ARTISTS AND ARTWORKS
RELIGIOUS PORTRAITS « an art dedicated to religion »SCULPTED EFFIGIES OF KINGS, QUEENS« symbols rather than likenesses »« memorial abstractions of authority »MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATIONS
Illuminated portrait of Richard II
XIVthTYPES OF PORTRAITS SOCIETY ARTISTS AND ARTWORKS
BEGININGS OF CHARACTERIZATION IN ROYAL PORTRAITSDELICATE MINIATURESLikeness is not a primary concern, the devotional content is what matters
Wilton Diptych
Andre Beauneveu’s Richard II
The Wilton Diptych was painted by anonymous artists. It belonged to Richard II and was used as a mobile altarpiece.
XVth-XVIthTYPES OF PORTRAIT SOCIETY ARTISTS AND ARTWORKSFLEMISH REALISTIC PORTRAITPORTRAITS OF DONORS ON ALTARPIECESSECULAR PORTRAITS BEING REMINDERS OF THE GOVERNING POWERBETHROTAL PORTRAIT, which « served to conveu the suitability of the bride »
Many Flemish painters settle in London
Humanism triggers an interest in manking and fuels the interest in portraiture. The Reformation restricts religious paintingsThe Renaissance: « technical advances in the representation of character », development of the oil medium
Jan Van EyckRoger van der WeydenHans MemlingHugo van der GoesPetrus Christus
The Donne triptych (portraying John Donne)
Antonello da MessinaLeonardo da VinciTitian
Hans Holbein the younger’s portrait of Henry VIII, of Anne of Cleves and the Duchess of Milan
Hans MEMLING, The Donne Diptych, c. 1475
The Ditchley Portrait, c.1592
XVIIthTYPES OF PORTRAITS SOCIETY ARTISTS AND ARTWORKS
MINIATURE PORTRAITS: intimate images sought by courtiersA GREAT AGE OF PORTRAITUREMore freedom in method and conception: the artist is not just a hired workmanBaroque virtuosityEnglish restraint
DECLINE OF THE COURT PORTRAIT
Flemish painters escape religious persecution and flee to England: Flemish colony in London
New wealth and national freedom in the Netherlands
The Ditchley portrait, Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
Nicholas HilliardIsaac Oliver
Rembrandt’s self portraitRubensAnthony Van Dyck
Sir Peter LelySir Godfrey Kneller
XVIIIth centuryTYPES OF PORTRAITS SOCIETY ARTISTS AND ARTWORKS
A PERIOD OF EXCELLENCETHE CONVERSATION PIECE
OPEN-AIR PORTRAITS
NATURAL DEPICTIONS OF CHILDREN
A WIDER RANGE OF CHARACTERS (middle-class people, artists…)
STRONG LINKS WITH THE PAST
Increasing pleasure of owing property,Interest in the landscape and gardening
William Hogarth
Thomas Gainsborough
Sir Joshua Reynolds
George Stubbs
XIXthTYPES OF PORTRAITS SOCIETY ARTISTS AND ARTWORKS
FITFUL AND VARIED STYLES (ecclectism)Quasi-photographic portraits of the middle-classRomantic brilliancePre-raphealite minute portraits
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Sir John Everett Millais
James McNeill Whistler