(S2 E3) Reading Renaissance Portraits, 1420-1500 | A Narrative Art History of the Renaissance

In this video: Renaissance portraits by Botticelli, Memling, Pisanello. This spring, “A Narrative Art History of the Renaissance" returns for a second season. Season 2 will take you through the 15th century, covering the period 1420 to 1500 in seven chapters - tracing the birth and development of the Renaissance in Italy, Flanders, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, and beyond. This series aims to present Renaissance art in coherent context rather than as a disconnected collection of facts and artworks to be memorized. The focus here is not on individual artworks - although in-depth analyses of specific works are featured, too - but on the bigger picture of the Renaissance, foregrounding cross-cultural influences and artistic dialogues. It requires little to no background in art history. 0:00 E1/2 recap, E3 intro 2:32 Fra Filippo Lippi, Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement Modes of portraiture 7:00 Pisanello and the portrait medallion 12:34 Maria di Ormanno degli Albizzi, self-portrait from a breviary 13:13 Alesso Baldovinetti, Portrait of a Lady 16:36 Jan van Eyck, Léal Souvenir 19:26 Petrus Christus, The Falconer 21:20 Petrus Christus, Portrait of a Carthusian 22:58 Petrus Christus, Portrait of a Young Girl 25:53 Andrea del Castagno, Portrait of a Man 27:21 Memling, Portraits of Tommaso & Maria Portinari Infrared reflectography X-ray fluorescence: elemental analysis of paintings The Medici Bank in Bruges 32:41 Hugo van der Goes, Portinari Altarpiece 40:04 Memling, Pagagnotti Triptych 43:11 Memling, Last Judgment Triptych 45:22 Memling & Botticelli in conversation 47:52 Botticelli, Portrait of a Young Man 49:03 Desiderio da Settignano, Portrait of Marietta Strozzi 50:23 Memling, Portraits of an Old Man & Woman 53:31 Domenico Ghirlandaio, Old Man with his Grandson 55:44 E4 preview All content created, edited, written, and produced by Weili Jin, 2024 An initiative of The Close Looking Project Visit https://closelooking.org/ to learn more