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Renaissance and after in Northern Europe: 1500s

A beginner's guide

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An introduction to the Northern Renaissance in the sixteenth century
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Inventing “America” for Europe: Theodore de Bry
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Pacher and Grünewald

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Pacher, St. Wolfgang Altarpiece
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Grünewald, Isenheim Altarpiece
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Hieronymus Bosch

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Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights
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Bosch, the Last Judgment
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Albrecht Dürer

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Who was Albrecht Dürer?
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Albrecht Dürer
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Dürer, Self-portrait, Study of a Hand and a Pillow
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Dürer, Self-portrait (1498)
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Dürer, Self-portrait (1500)
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Dürer, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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Dürer, the Large Piece of Turf
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Albrecht Dürer, Adam and Eve
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Dürer, Adam and Eve
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Dürer, Melencolia
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Decoding art: Dürer's Melencolia I
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What is Melencolia?
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Dürer, Four Apostles
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Dürer's woodcuts and engravings
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Antwerp, Bruges and Brussels

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David, the Virgin and Child with Saints and Donor
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Gossaert, Saint Luke Painting the Madonna
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Van Orley and de Pannemaker, The Last Supper
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Pieter Aertsen, Meat Stall
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Bruegel, the Dutch Proverbs
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Bruegel, Tower of Babel
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Hunters in the Snow (Winter)
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Bruegel, Hunters in the Snow (Winter)
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Peasant Wedding
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Reliquary bust of a companion of Saint Ursula
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Cranach and Altdorfer

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Cranach, Law and Gospel (Law and Grace)
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Cranach, Adam and Eve
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Cranach the Elder, Cupid complaining to Venus
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Cranach the Elder, Judith with the Head of Holofernes
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Altdorfer, the Battle of Issus
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Hans Holbein

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Holbein the Younger, the Ambassadors
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Holbein the Younger, the Merchant Georg Gisze
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Holbein the Younger, Christina of Denmark
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Holbein the Younger, Henry VIII
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England

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The Harrowing of Hell
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Room: 1540-1650
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Quiz: The Northern Renaissance in the 16th century

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