ARTHIST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hubert Van Eyck, Jan Van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece
16 May 2013
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Tempera painting: pigments mixed with egg yolk. Dies really fast, hard to make changes. Light does not penetrate it opaque, matte surface, requires varnish for sheen. Oil painting: pigments suspended in linseed or walnut oil. Light penetrates it- create inner glow by painting thin layers called glazes. Workshop of the master of flemalle, merode altarpiece (triptych of the annunciation) (open) c. 1425-1430s. Attention to surface detail and how light reflects off of different surfaces. Lilies = a reference to mary"s virginity. Window is not broken = resembles mary"s virginity. Side panels: patrons (pay for painting) & joseph making wine = refers to the body and blood of christ (symbolic) Jan & hubert van eyck, ghent altarpiece (open) adoration of the mystical lamb, c. 1432. Naturalism in nude figures of adam & eve. One panel resembles monochrome painting (grey) = grisaille. Jan van eyck, double portrait of a giovanni arnolfini and his wife, c. 1434, oil on wood panel.
