Which Northern Renaissance Artist Are You?

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What relates more to your artwork? Idealized beauty or realism?

My landscapes are as real as it gets but my figures are somewhere in between.

My characters are lifelike, but my backdrops are often idealized.

Realism is the ONLY way to survive in my world. My work is on fleek.

I prefer to idealize figures while representing realistic settings.

Idealized beauty is key to a successful painting.

Image source: Jan van Eyck, The Ghent Altarpiece (open), Virgin Mary (detail), completed 1432. Retrieved from ArtStor. Image and original data provided by Lukas - Art in Flanders.

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Would you be willing to travel for your artwork and inspiration?

Home is where the hearth is; I'm never leaving.

Home is nice and all, but the grass is greener on the other side of the Alps. Peace!

I'll move around if neccessary, but once I'm comfortable I'll stay put.

I go where the wind takes me. How else will I get noticed?

Nope. I come when I'm called, but it better be close to home.

Image source: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Harvesters, 1565. Retrieved from ArtStor. Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Which characteristic is most relevant to your career plan?

I will do anything and everything to follow my dreams, even if I have to leave home for it.

It's what you do AND who you know. I'm climbing that social ladder!

I know what I'm good at and I stick to it, but I also know how to capitalize on a good thing.

I'm outta here first chance I get. I want to paint the classics, baby!

I am mutli-talented. I always have a plan B if plan A doesn't succeed.

Image source: Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Return of the Hunters, 1565. Retrieved from ArtStor. Image and original data provided by Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives/ART RESOURCE, N.Y.

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Which characteristic relates to your artwork the most?

My artwork shows my inspiration, but also has a style unique to me.

My artwork reflects my beliefs. I have nothing to hide!

My artwork is minutely detailed. Perfection is what I aim for.

My artwork is simple but has complex meanings behind it that are not always clear.

My artwork shows how awesome/intellegent/amazing I am and reflects my otherwordly interests.

Image source: Albrecht Dürer, Hare (A Young Hare), 1502. Retrieved from ArtStor. Image and original data provided by Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives/ART RESOURCE, N.Y.

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Who are your patrons?

I am equally known for my religious commissions as well as my personal portrait commissions by aristocrats.

Many of my patrons are members of the church but I also do portraiture. I'm a people pleaser.

My patrons consist entirely of members of the church.

Everyone. Literally.

My patrons are aristocrats looking to fill their homes with collections of my work.

Image source: Jan van Eyck, Madonna of Chancellor Rolin, c. 1435. Retrieved from ArtStor. Image and original data provided by SCALA, Florence/ART RESOURCE, N.Y.

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What kind of person would people think you are when looking at your artwork?

Most people would assume I have OCD. Did you just move my paintbrush? There's a place for that.

People would think I'm simplistic and melo-dramatic.

Quiet and laidback. I'm a pretty chill dude.

Pious and devout.

Everyone already knows who I am. I'm the bomb-dot-com.

Image source: Matthias Grünewald, Isenheim Altarpiece; Allegory of the Nativity, c. 1515. Retrieved from ArtStor. Image and original data provided by SCALA, Florence/ART RESOURCE, N.Y.

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