Northern Renaissance

 



I have chose to reflect on the work of Holbein, Hans the Younger, the work he created of Jane Seymour.  He did a bunch of his work for King Henry VIII.  Seeing some of his work during grade school had caught my attention at an early age.  I admired the elegant portrait of the King and Queens captured in the oil paintings.  The portrait was created in 1536 shortly after her marriage to King Henry the VIII. Holbein had created this work with oil paint on wood. It was created in the Windsor Castle. 

His works I first noticed in books, fictional, that we would read in middle school. I was always intrigued by the detail and the richness that was captured in the paintings. The paintings had a disproportional aspect to it but not soo much that it was hard to picture in real life. He would create an aspect to the personality of the person, which I could appreciate. 

The Northern Renaissance during the reign of King Henry the VIII, the church was under great scrutiny and iconoclasm worked to separate from the Catholic Church. It was during this time that the King did pull away from the Catholic church, making them less powerful. Holbein would come to create portraits of many of the royal family. 



References
“Jane Seymour, Queen of England by HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger.” Www.wga.hu, www.wga.hu/html_m/h/holbein/hans_y/1535h/02seymou.html. Accessed 17 Feb. 2021.



“Hans, the Younger Holbein Biography | Life, Paintings, Influence on Art | Hans-Holbein.org.” Www.hans-Holbein.org, www.hans-holbein.org/biography.html.

Comments

  1. Robert StewartFebruary 18, 2021 at 10:00 PM

    You speak a lot about King Henry in your blog. He is a very interesting person with an odd life story. His reign definitely contributed to the rise of individualism in my opinion. He was very self centered and used the country to his personal advantage. I didn't know that there was an artist that did most of their work for him, so thank you for that bit of information! You definitely made me want to look into Holbein. His work certainly has more detail than many works of earlier England.

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