Overview
Art of the Northern Renaissance:
Part A: Compare and contrast the following: (700 words)
Image A: Jan van Eyck, Madonna of Chancellor Rolin, oil on panel, c. 1435 with Image B: Hans Memling, Diptych of Maarten van Nieuwenhove, oil on panel, 1485
Part A: Compare and contrast the following: Image C: (700 words)
Rogier van der Weyden, Saint Columba Altarpiece, oil on panel, c.1455 with Image D: Hans Memling, The St John Altarpiece, oil on panel, c. 1479
Part B: To what extent have art historians understood the art of the Northern Renaissance through the lens of Jan van Eyck? (1200-1500 words)
Part A of this assessment has been designed to test your ability to analyse visual material in the light of knowledge and understanding acquired on the unit. We advise you to:
- focus on the images provided
- observe the works closely and draw out the significance of the features you note
- draw on appropriate wider knowledge only to contextualise the works
- follow the instructions to compare and contrast the two works shown
- consider the implications of looking at them together
Part B of this assessment has been designed to test your ability to construct a coherent argument in response to a set question by synthesising knowledge acquired on this unit of both evidence (especially works of art / architecture) and scholarship. We advise you to:
- answer the question
- formulate an argument with a clear structure
- support that argument with reference to appropriate evidence and scholarship
- present that argument in clear English
- Approaches to Art and Fashion (Will attach more relevant notes for these two questions in the next couple of hours so please start on the other questions as they are very straightforward)
What do images of nudes and partially clothed figures tell us about dress? (1250-1500 words)
In what ways do depictions of dress reflect power inequalities? (1250-1500 words)