Northern Renaissance
15th century
Jan van Eyk (Madonna and Chancellor Rolin, Arnolfini Wedding)
Altarpieces (Merode, Ghent, Portinari)
Van der Wyden (Deposition, Last Judgement)
Schongauer—St. Anthony Tormented by Demons
Characteristics:
*oil on canvas
*protestant reformation influenced art
*rising merchant class (patrons and buyers!)
*invention of the printing press— widespread prints!