{The Northern Renaissance [continued (10)] – Northern Complexity and Simplicity}[5th May 1991]

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‘The reorientation in the visual arts c[irca]1500[ce]. At the end of the 15^th century the artistic prospect of Europe was one of intense variety. It is nevertheless possible to discern to underlying trends; on the one hand, a tendency towards increasing formal and iconographic complexity and, on the other, a search for a more monumental simplicity of form. A comparison between the art of Hieronymous Bosch (c[irca]1450-1516[ce]) and * that of Gerard David (c[irca]1460-1531[ce]) provides a vivid example of this dichotomy. Some artists, including the German sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider (c[irca]1460-1531[ce], worked in a style that combines aspects of both outlooks.

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** – ibid [Encyclopaedia of Visual Art 4:] 671

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