During the fifteenth and sixteenth century, one of the key aesthetic goals of the Netherlandish art is realism. The realism of figures, setting, and especially space is a distinguished aspect of the early Netherlandish painters and it has long been seen as a feature in paintings, retables and other various art forms. At times, the realism in the artworks of the Netherlands represent a variety of aesthetic and/or religious reasons; however, a majority of …showed first 75 words of 1317 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1317 total…able to portray a significant religious event vividly, but the pictorial surface of Campin¡¯s masterpiece presents objects that carry a meaning apart from their literal identity. Although the individual Netherlandish paintings of this period have been considered part of the total oeuvre of an artist, the history of Netherlandish paintings is the history of the artist. Not only was Campin an influential artist of his time, but his impact on later painters was profound.