Interior of a Gothic Church
Paul Vredeman de Vries uses the technique of perspective to illustrate the architectural elements of the church on a flat surface.
ArtistPaul Vredeman de Vries
Year1595
MediumOil on panel
LocationMemorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York
Accession1998.19
Websitehttps://magart.rochester.edu/objects-1/info/3896?sort=0

Interior of a Gothic Church is an oil on panel painting by Paul Vredeman de Vries.[1] The painting was completed in 1595 and is currently on display at the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, New York.[1]

Interior of a Gothic Cathedral by Paul Vredeman de Vries

Background

Paul Vredeman de Vries’s paintings follows the Flemish architecture movement that began as a response to the Renaissance.[1] Paul studied art under his father - Hans Vredeman de Vries. Hans was one of the leading Flemish painters during the 16th century.[2] Paul and Hans would often collaborate on paintings together and were both categorized as artists under the title “architectural specialists” – meaning that their work focused on the painting of large-scaled buildings.[3][4] Interior of a Gothic Church falls under this genre of an architectural painting through its use of perspective and following of Gothic architecture style.

Perspective

Interior of a Gothic Church uses perspective to illustrate the three-dimensional church interior on a two-dimensional panel surface.[5] In the image, the viewer's eyes naturally move from the front of the image to the central vanishing point.[5] The vanishing point in Interior of a Gothic Church is surrounded by arches, windows and doorways. Further, the rays of light omitted from the windows and door openings point to the vanishing point as well. The combination between surrounding objects and light rays that lead to the vanishing point is intentional because artists such as Vredeman de Vries place objects around an area of an image to bring the viewer's attention to the central aspect of a painting.[5]

The painting is a purely an architectural work which differs from subsequent Vredeman de Vries paintings such as Interior of a Gothic Cathedral.[1][6] Interior of a Gothic Cathedral was painted in 1612 by Vredeman de Vries.[6] In Interior of a Gothic Cathedral people are painted moving throughout each section of the work. The implementation of people moves the viewer's eyes across the image and towards the vanishing point. The addition of people contribute to conveying perspective as opposed to Interior of a Gothic Church, which relied solely on architectural elements to lead the viewer to the central vanishing point.[1][6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "MAG Collection - Interior of a Gothic Church". magart.rochester.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  2. ↑ Hinchman, Mark; Yoneda, Elyssa (2018-06-27). Interior Design Masters (1 ed.). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315168203. ISBN 978-1-315-16820-3.
  3. ↑ Heuer, Christopher P. (2009). The city rehearsed: object, architecture, and ritual in the worlds of Hans Vredeman de Vries. The classical tradition in architecture. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-43306-8.
  4. ↑ "Garden Design in The Netherlands in the Seventeenth Century", The Architecture of Western Gardens: A Design History from the Renaissance to the Present Day, MIT Press, 1991, retrieved 2023-10-31
  5. 1 2 3 Crucq, Arthur (2020). "Viewing-patterns and perspectival painting: An eye-tracking study on the effect of the vanishing point". Journal of Eye Movement Research. 13 (2). doi:10.16910/jemr.13.2.15. ISSN 1995-8692. PMC 8524395. PMID 34676059.
  6. 1 2 3 "Interior of a Gothic Cathedral | LACMA Collections". LACMA. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
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