International  Style
(Late Gothic) Art

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STYLE ARTISTS and IMAGES

STYLE

• curving lines
• figures:
  • elongated, curved
  • float, not weighted down
  • delicate facial features, blond hair, small lips
  • few emotions, gestures, typically sweet and smiling
• decorative (patterns, colors)
  • ornate architecture
  • clothing
• gold, raised gesso
• flattened pictorial space
• small, anecdotal details
• realism in nature or non-aristocratic figures/elements
• OVERALL: elegant, otherwordly, escapist, decorative

ARTISTS and IMAGES

The Limbourg Brothers May from Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (or the Book of Hours) Chantilly (France) 1413-1416
Simone Martini Annunciation Sienna (Italy) 1333
Gentile da Fabriano The Adoration of the Magi Sienna (Italy) 1423

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