Hieronymus Bosch was born at the beginning of the Renaissance just after the end of the Dark Ages. Bosch was born in the netherlandish city of Hertogenbosch. Hertogenbosch is where Bosch got his last name. Bosch lived, grew up and died in Hertogenbosch. He never left the city, it is surprising that his artwork became famous. Bosch came from a family of painters. His father, uncle, and grandfather were all painters, unfortunately none of their works survived.
Bosch joined the Brotherhood of Our Lady, a local religious organization devoted to the Virgin Mary, around 1486. Some of his first commissions came through the Brotherhood ,but unfortunately, none of those works survived. He then married Alety Goyaerts den Meervenne. Her family was wealthy so this union improved Bosch’s social status.
Bosch’s most famous painting is the Garden of Earthly Delight. It has amazing imagery and exaggerations and also contained many vivid scenes. Few painters packed more detail into their work than Hieronymus Bosch. The wings of Bosch’s triptych open to reveal a color filled interior bursting with strange architecture, unnatural landforms, and all types of hybrid creatures. In the main part of the left hand panel, God the Father stands between the naked figures of Adam and Eve, surrounded by various flora and fauna. This is the Garden of Eden, though the scene has a dark side. In the distance, an animal tears at the flesh of his prey. Another one of Bosch’s famous paintings was the Last
It wasn’t until 1822 that his family allowed him to study the arts. They let him work under Alexander Lenoir, an artist and architect, that introduced him to some of the classic sculptors and artists like Titian and Rubens. He was pushed in a healthy direction by Lenoir, and soon began formal study at the Academie Suisse.
In his research, Meshberger analyzes the painting the painting which portrays Adam with an outstretched arm extending towards God. The writer believes this signifies the moment God instills intellect into Adam as he stretches his arm towards Adam’s naked life form. Additionally, Adam appears to be lying on a hill in an almost lifeless in an environment void of other creatures. The opposite side of the fresco depicts God descending from the heavens, surrounded by a host
Hans Holbein the Younger was a Renaissance painter who was born in the German city, Augsburg, in 1497 (or 1498) and died in 1543. His father, uncle, and brother were also artists. He trained under his father when he was a child, but honed his art in Basel. He was married to
Brunelleschi started out his skilled life as a goldsmith in San Giovanni. A career as a goldsmith was very popular at the time by other great artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Donatello. Being a goldsmith inspired Brunelleschi to create and sculpt things. When Brunelleschi was done mastering the skills of metal work, he began working on gears, and then on to clocks. Later he found out that all the traits he learned became very useful for his
Jan van Eyck was born during c. 1935 in Maaseik, Bishopric of Liege, the Renaissance period. He had a sister Margareta, and at least two brothers, Hubert (died 1426) and Lambert was active between 1431 and 1442 (Both of them were also painters). Yet the order of their births is not known. Another significant, and rather younger, painter who worked in Southern France, Barthélemy van Eyck, is presumed to be a relation. It is not known where Jan was educated, but he had knowledge of Latin and used the Greek and Hebrew alphabets in many of the inscriptions, indicating that he was schooled in the classics. (From Wikipedia) The first ever record of Eyck is from the court of John of Bavaria at The Hague, where payments were made to Jan van Eyck between 1422 and 1424 as court painter, with the court rank of valet de chambre. This suggests a date of birth
Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch is an oil on panel painting and was completed during 1505 – 1510. This particular piece is a triptych since it is three separate panels that form one piece of art. The two outer panels fold inward to create one outside panel with another painting. This writing will only be covering the three inside panels. Bosch’s painting is located in the Museo Nacional Del Prado in Madrid, Spain. The painting stands at approximately 7’ tall and 12’ wide. The painting’s main color palette is mostly comprised of blue, red, and green.
27. A second painting by this artist is a triptych or three-paneled work. In the first panel, Adam and Eve are being expelled from Eden. In the third panel, there are the tortures of Hell. In the middle panel, a wagon passes through a landscape with all manner of people riding, trying to catch a ride, or being run over, with others walking, standing, or resting along the way. What is this second painting called?
In this painting we see an infant that is in a boat. Behind the infant there is an angel that is guiding the child out of a cave into a beautiful landscape. Thomas Cole paints the landscape very rich; you get o a sense of warmth and calmness. There is beautiful green land, big mountains, and different types of flowers.
Bosch was a perplexing, enigmatic and mesmeric artist who painted the secular commission ‘Garden of Earthly Delights.” That art historians believe is an iconography that depicts ‘moral warning or a panorama of paradise lost.’ This ‘tryptych alterpiece’ has been discussed by scholars over the years and they have proposed ‘that given the work’s central themes of sex and procreation, the painting may commemorate a wedding, as marriages were a common them of Netherlandish paintings.” The glaring and prominate themes that Netherlandish artist Bosch brought to the Northern Renaissance were
Vincent was a quiet child growing up. He himself once described his childhood by saying “My youth was gloomy and cold and sterile”. At the age of 7 he attended the town 's school and at age 8 he and his sister Anna were taught by a governess in their home. At the age of 9 he attempts to draw his first drawing called The Goat Herd it is in a private collection. Then at age 11 he began schooling in Zevenbergen and studied French, English, and German. At the age of fifteen he had to quit school to help support his family, he worked at his Uncle Cornelis’ art dealership in Paris called the Hague. At the age of 20 he was transferred from the Paris branch to the London branch of Goupil & Cie, art dealers. This is thought to be one of the happiest years of his life. He was very successful and then he fell in love. However, when he confessed his love, the girl rejected him saying
Wagner was born May 22, 1813 in Leipzig, Germany. His father was either Carl fried, who was a clerk at the local police station, or a man by the name of Ludwig geyer, who was extremely musical, like Wagner later became
Alexandre Hogue was born February 22, 1898 in Missouri and moved to Denton, Texas soon after. He went to high school in Dallas, Texas but attended college for one year at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Alexandre got a job at Dallas Morning News as an illustrator so he maoved back to Dallas. In 1921, he moved to New York City to work with calligraphy, film advertisements, and studied in different museums. Every summer, he would travel to and from Texas to draw with Charles Franklin Reaugh and to start his painting career. He got a job at Texas State College for Women as an art teacher, and later on made head of the art department at Hockaday Junior College. Hogue became head of the art department at the University of Tulsa, where he settled down and then later on, died.
Johannes Vermeer (1632 –1675) was born in Delft, Holland in October 1632 into the Calvanist tradition, during the Dutch Golden Age. He was introduced to the world of art, particularly painting, by his father. His father owned a tavern, frequented by artists and dealers and by the time his father died in 1652, the twenty year old Vermeer was left with much debt but also a great enthusiasm for art. Considered too young to be an artist by the Dutch Guild, he would need another six years apprenticeship to one or more masters.
I find Leandro de Vinci most interesting. He was a painter, architect, inventor, and student of all things scientific. A true genius in my eyes. Leandro was born April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy. His hometown was within the territory of the the republic of Florence under the rule of Medici. He was born out of wedlock, and his parents were Caterina and Messer Piero Fruosino Di Vinci. Leandro died May 2, 1519 at his residence at Clos Luce.
Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most recognized artists in the world. Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands. Van Gogh was born into a family of six children in which his father was a pastor and his mother was an artist. He was named after his stillborn brother who died exactly one year before he was born.