Jan van Eyck, d. 1441 The Masters
Author : Giorgio Tommaso Faggin
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File Size : 26,13 MB
Release : 196?
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Author : Giorgio Tommaso Faggin
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File Size : 26,13 MB
Release : 196?
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Page : 520 pages
File Size : 24,15 MB
Release : 1904
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Author : Giorgio Faggin
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Page : 8 pages
File Size : 34,78 MB
Release : 1967
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Author : Alfred Acres
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 36,86 MB
Release : 2023-06-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 1789148111
A new assessment of the inventive and influential artist Jan van Eyck. Jan van Eyck (1390–1441) was one of the most inventive and influential artists in the entire European tradition. The realism of his paintings continues to astound observers more than six centuries on, even though our world is saturated by high-resolution images. However, viewers today are as like to be absorbed by Van Eyck’s personality as his realism. While he sometimes directly painted himself into his works, he also suggested his presence through an array of inscriptions, signatures, and even a personal motto. Incorporating a wealth of new research and recent discoveries within a fresh exploration of the paintings themselves, this book reveals how profoundly Jan van Eyck transformed the very idea of what an artist could be.
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Page : 56 pages
File Size : 28,88 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Painters
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Author : H. L. M. Defoer
Publisher : George Braziller
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 31,56 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Architecture
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During the 15th century, some of the most glorious manuscript illuminations were produced in the Dutch artistic centers of Utrecht, Haarlem and Delft. Here, scholars from Holland and America present new information on these strikingly beautiful manuscripts. 108 color plates, 20 black-and-white illustrations.
Author : Arts Council of Great Britain
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Page : 44 pages
File Size : 16,51 MB
Release : 1948
Category : Drawing
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Author : Barbara von Barghahn
Publisher : Pindar Press
Page : 887 pages
File Size : 15,49 MB
Release : 2013-12-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 1915837049
This book investigates Jan Van Eyck's patronage by the Crown of Portugal and his role as diplomat-painter for the Duchy of Burgundy following his first voyage to Lisbon in 1428-1429, when he painted two portraits of Infanta Isabella, who became the third wife of Philip the Good in 1430. New portrait identifications are provided for the Ghent Altarpiece (1432) and its iconographical prototype, the lost Fountain of Life. These altarpieces are analysed with regard to King Joao I's conquest of Ceuta, achieved by his sons, who were hailed as an "illustrious generation." Strong family ties between the dynastic houses of Avis and Lancaster explain Lusitania's sustained fascination with Arthurian lore and the Grail quest. Several chapters of this book are overlaid with a chivalric veneer. A second "secret mission" to Portugal in 1437 by Jan van Eyck is postulated and this diplomatic visit is related to Prince Henry the Navigator's expedition to Tangier and King Duarte's attempts to forge an alliance with Alfonso V of Aragon. Late Eyckian commissions are reviewed in the light of this ill-fated crusade and additional new portraits are identified. The most significant artist of Renaissance Flanders appears to have been patronized as much by the House of Avis as by the Duchy of Burgundy. Barbara von Barghahn is Professor of Art History at George Washington University and a specialist in the art history of Portugal, Spain, and their colonial dominions, as well as Flanders. In 1993, she was conferred O Grao Comendador in the Portuguese Order of Prince Henry the Navigator. She has spent nearly a decade completing research about Jan van Eyck's diplomatic visits to the Iberian Peninsula.
Author : Gioacchino Barbera
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 39,28 MB
Release : 2005
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ISBN : 0300116489
This book on one of the most influential painters of the 15th century early Italian Renaissance comprises of an informative essay by the author plus entries on seven works that will be seen for the first time in the United States as part of a focus exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Author : Jehane Ragai
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 48,38 MB
Release : 2015-07-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 1783267429
'The scientific techniques described encompass relevant examples of forgery detection and of authentication. The book deals, to name a few, with the Chagall, the Jackson Pollock and the Beltracchi affairs and discusses the Isleworth Mona Lisa as well as La Bella Principessa both thought to be a Leonardo creation. The authentication, amongst others, of two van Gogh paintings, of Vermeer's St Praxedis, of Leonardo's Lady with an Ermine and of Rembrandt's Old Man with a Beard are also described.'Over the last few decades there has been a disconcerting increase in the number of forged paintings. In retaliation, there has been a rise in the use, efficiency and ability of scientific techniques to detect these forgeries. The scientist has waged war on the forger.The Scientist and the Forger describes the cutting-edge and traditional weapons in this battle, showing how they have been applied to the most notorious cases. The book also provides fresh insights into the psychology of both the viewer and the forger, shedding light on why the discovery that a work of art is a forgery makes us view it so differently and providing a gripping analysis of the myriad motivations behind the most egregious incursions into deception.The book concludes by discussing the pressing problems faced by the art world today, stressing the importance of using appropriate tools for a valid verdict on authenticity. Written in an approachable and amenable style, the book will make fascinating reading for non-specialists, art historians, curators and scientists alike.