I searched about Hugo Van der Goes. He was a Flemish painter. At 15th century, he combined the various of pictorial art and his own style. He was born in Gand which is city of Belgium and he died Roode Kloster. There is limited information about his life. At 1467, he was selected as president of guild by Gand painters of guild. At 1481, when he went to trip to Cologne, he lost mental balance. With attack of nerves and suicide attempts, he continued draw and paint picture. Also his art movement was Northern Renaissance. He is influenced by Petrus Christus, Dirk Bouts and influenced on Vincent van Gogh, Martin Schongauer, Gerard David, Domenico Ghirlandaio. Here are works of Hugo Van der Goes.
The Fall of Man
This painting is based off the Christian story of Adam and Eve. The story of Adam and Eve is about the origin of sin. It is said that god created man, Adam. Adam feels lonely, so god creates woman, Eve. The both of them live in paradise, where there is only one rule. The rule is that they cannot eat the apples off of the tree of knowledge. The serpent persuades Eve to eat from the tree. She persuades Adam to do the same. This is how Christians believe sin began. The significance of this story is to show how much power the church had over the people. It also shows how religious people were back in the times of the renaissance. In the picture, there is a half snake/half man creature. This represents the serpent in the story of Adam and Eve. The serpent represents evil. He also represents the beginning of sin. A technique used in this painting is perspective. As you can tell the trees look closer and farther away at certain points in the picture. Also, with perspective there is a vanishing point. In this picture the vanishing point is Eve. This attracts your eye to her. This picture is beautiful because it shows what an actual human body looks like. It helps make everything so much more realistic.
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