, is that the donors/patrons, the people that commissioned the work were prominently portrayed on the front of the work of art. It immediately puts them in a place of prominence, Why? It's not something I think you see done today, however those that support the arts today are acknowledged publicly usually on the wall at the museum. Maybe this the beginning of the obvious intertwining of art, religion and politics. The piece is intensely religious, yet commissioned by a wealthy merchant. The merchant and his wife were childless and its suggested that this art might insure there "immortality" or salvation through their donation to the church. Also the man Joducus Vijd eventually became the mayor of Ghent with strong ties to the nobility of the time. The relationship between Church, commerce and politics is becoming symbiotic in this period.
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Friday, February 13, 2009
Blog 2 Art1B
What Struck me about these altarpieces, is that the donors/patrons, the people that commissioned the work were prominently portrayed on the front of the work of art. It immediately puts them in a place of prominence, Why? It's not something I think you see done today, however those that support the arts today are acknowledged publicly usually on the wall at the museum. Maybe this the beginning of the obvious intertwining of art, religion and politics. The piece is intensely religious, yet commissioned by a wealthy merchant. The merchant and his wife were childless and its suggested that this art might insure there "immortality" or salvation through their donation to the church. Also the man Joducus Vijd eventually became the mayor of Ghent with strong ties to the nobility of the time. The relationship between Church, commerce and politics is becoming symbiotic in this period.
, is that the donors/patrons, the people that commissioned the work were prominently portrayed on the front of the work of art. It immediately puts them in a place of prominence, Why? It's not something I think you see done today, however those that support the arts today are acknowledged publicly usually on the wall at the museum. Maybe this the beginning of the obvious intertwining of art, religion and politics. The piece is intensely religious, yet commissioned by a wealthy merchant. The merchant and his wife were childless and its suggested that this art might insure there "immortality" or salvation through their donation to the church. Also the man Joducus Vijd eventually became the mayor of Ghent with strong ties to the nobility of the time. The relationship between Church, commerce and politics is becoming symbiotic in this period.
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