Christ And The Flight Into The Temple Analysis

Biblical stories are often the most common choice for the painters to use as a topic, especially during the Renaissance. In the Renaissance, most of the art pieces or sculptures were created according to the story in the bible. “The Presentation of Christ and The Flight into Egypt” was one of them too. This art piece was created by Melchior Broederlam, a Netherland painter. Broederlam did a great job of portraying the details on the painting according to the bible story. However, unlike most of the painters, Broederlam did not paint himself into this art piece.
“The Presentation of Christ and The Flight into Egypt” was a famous panel of the Dijon Altarpiece. The Dijon Altarpiece was commissioned by a duke in Normandy, Philip the Bold. (Dijon Altarpiece (1394-99)) Broederlam’s job was to create vivid painting on both wings of the altarpiece. This essay will only be focusing on the right wing. The right panel portrayed two stories, one is the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, another one is Flight into the Egypt. On the left side of the panel is the famous biblical story The Presentation of Christ, Broederlam used white as the main color to create the temple. This temple was not the temple people would see at the time …show more content…
Broederlam used different layers of rocks and grass to symbolize the far journey that Mary and Joseph had to travel because they were running away from Herod the Great. The shadow of the rocks and the road vividly present the layers, which represent the long journey, of rocks. The majority color of the mountain is dark. Broederlam used this way to depreciate two different scenes on the panel. Moreover, Broederlam also painted Mary on a donkey holding baby Jesus close by. The close relationship between Mary and Jesus were clearly shown on this panel. Jesus’ father Joseph is carrying all the belongings, and Broederlam drew Joseph drinking water to represent the tiredness he