Jan van Eyck

Powerpoint by Ina Zhao

Portrait of a Man in a Turban (actually a chaperon ), possibly a self-portrait, painted 1433 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jan_van_Eyck_091.jpg

Who is this guy?

Johannes de Eyck or Jan van Eyck

No exact birthdate (before c. 1395 – before July 9, 1441)

An Early Northern Renaissance Flemish Painter, founder of Bruges school

He achieved, or perfected new and remarkable effects using the techniques ‘oil painting’.

His works reflect details and qualities of texture and of atmospheric light

Style Changes

Before roughly 1425, most images were rather stylized, even schematic, but afterward we see paintings that have an almost photographic realism…

Big Differences! - Light and Shadow: Middle Ages- Divine light and intellectual light Renaissance: The corporeal light (the real world) God Vs. Human** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_art - Photographic realism - Oil painting - details (for example, the folds in the fabric)

The Arnolfini Portrait (1434).

Oil on panel, 82 x 59.5 cm, National Gallery, London

The first full length double portrait ever created.

Subjects changed (no gods)

Giovanni Arnolfini

Giovanna Cenami

Marriage portrait (that’s where it got its name)

different applications

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jan_van_Eyck_001.jpg

- interaction - connection between artists and the subject

Bibliography

Jan van Eyck. 2007. 25 Nov 2008 < http://www.historyofpainters.com/vaneyke.htm >.

"Jan van Eyck." Wikipedia. may 2008. 25 Nov 2008< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Eyck#Life >.

GILLET , LOUIS . "Hubert and Jan Van Eyck." Catholic Encyclopedia. 25 Nov 2008 < http://oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Hubert_and_Jan_Van_Eyck >.

Jones, Susan . "Jan van Eyck (ca. 1380/90–1441)." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. 25 Nov 2008 < http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/eyck/hd_eyck.htm >.