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Jan Van Eyck: The Play of Realism

Categorie	Algemeen Kunst
Boeknummer	#383838-WE9
Titel	Jan Van Eyck: The Play of Realism
Auteur	Harbison, Craig
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : Reaktion Books
Jaar van uitgave	1991
ISBN10	0948462183
ISBN13	9780948462184
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original boards, dust jacket, numerous (full page) illustrations in colour, 4to.
Samenvatting	Jan van Eyck's surviving work comprises a series of painstakingly detailed oil paintings of astonishing verisimilitude. In a fascinating recovery of the neglected human dimension that is clearly present in these works, Craig Harbison interrogates the personal histories of the worldly participants of such masterpieces as the Virgin and Child with George van der Paele, the Arnolfini Double Portrait and the Virgin and Child with Nicolas Rolin. With the aid of abundant visual evidence in color and in black and white, Harbison reveals how van Eyck presented his contemporaries with a more subtle and complex view of the value of appearances as a route to understanding the meaning of life. "I found this an enthralling study"--"The Sunday Telegraph "A fascinating investigation i... (Lees verder)nto the nature of the great pioneer's clients ... some fine photo details"--"Art Review Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Pagina's	227
Conditie	Goed — Tears in dust jacket repaired with tape.
Prijs	€ 45,00

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