Northern Renaissance (2006) - Season 1 Episodes and Ratings

In the early 15th century, the remarkable oil paintings of Flemish artist Jan Van Eyck transformed a lowly craft into the supreme art and began an image revolution that would change art forever.

Joseph Leo Koerner assesses the career of German painter Albrecht Durer, who harnessed the new medium of printing to become the first world-famous artist.

Joseph Leo Koerner examines the bizarre images of the Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch, the destruction of works at the hands of Protestant iconoclasts and the birth of secular art with the first artist of the modern age, Pieter Bruegel.