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Title	Annunciate Virgin, Ghent Altarpiece (closed);
Title Alternative	Annunciate Virgin, Altarpiece of the Lamb (closed);
File Name	civ metadata CID; Civ Archive 025 correct picture; 98400530.jpg
Copyright Status/Owner	Public Domain; Actively Pursuing
Rights (Patron Usage Instructions)	http://www.lib.byu.edu/genericnote_copyright.html
Course	HIST 201
Lecture Number	29
Professor	Wright, David Curtis, 1960-
Description	Jan van Eyck is famous for mastering the technique of oil painting and his meticulously detailed style inspired many other artists, during his own lifetime as well as during later centuries. One of the best examples of his particular style, often described as exhibiting a “microscopic-telescopic vision,” is the Altarpiece of the Lamb or Ghent Altarpiece produced by Jan and his brother Hubert. This monumental polyptych is typical of the large-scale public altarpieces commonly found in chapels, which served as backdrops for the Mass. In addition to their ability to awaken devotion, these artworks were also didactic tools and they visually explained some of the complex theological concepts related to the Mass ritual. This work, one of the largest and most admired altarpieces produced in fifteenth-century Flanders, fulfills both of these functions and its sophisticated theological symbolism is characteristic of van Eyck’s works. The entire altarpiece offers an intricate portrayal of the whole Christian cycle, from the Fall to the Redemption. The exterior, which appears when the shutters are closed, depicts the donors in humble prayer before John the Baptist and John the Evangelist in the lowest register, a typical Annunciation scene in the central register, and ancient figures believed to have prophesied of Christ in the uppermost arches. This particular image portrays the Virgin’s humble acceptance of Gabriel’s sacred charge as she kneels below the Holy Ghost represented in the form of a dove. In the arch above, Micah observes the scene below and the scroll above him displays prophecies of the coming of Christ.
Creator	Eyck, Jan van, ca. 1390-1441
Country	Flanders
Geographic Region	Europe
Type	Slide
Platform	Cross-Platform
File Size	169.625 KB
Genre	Paintings
Category	Art
Keywords	van Eyck, Jan; Ghent Altarpiece; Northern Renaissance; Altarpiece of the Lamb; Virgin; Mary; Annunciation; Flemish Art;
Time Period	Early Northern Renaissance
Date Range	1400 AD : 1500 AD
Date Original	1432 AD
Date Digital	2005-03-29
Metadata Entry Date	2009-08-11
Quality	High
Contributors	Brigham Young University
Edition	Electronic reproduction;
Format	JPEG
Owning Institution	Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent,Belgium
Physical Description	exterior approx. 11' 6'' x 7' 6'
Publisher Digital	Brigham Young University
Source	Early Flemish Painting p. 31 right; Fred S. Kleiner and Christin J. Mamiya, Gardner's Art Through the Ages, 12th ed., vol 2 (Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005), 550-554; James Snyder, Northern Renaissance Art, 2nd ed., revised by Larry Silver and Henry Luttikhuizen (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2005), 88-94.
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