Eyck, Weyden and Fouquet
There was three Florentine friends, an architect, a sculptor and a painter, are recognized in their own time as being the founders of a new direction in art subsequently known as the Renaissance. The three differed from each other by age. But just because there were three friends the architect, Brunelleschi, is the oldest. The sculptor, Donatello, is about ten years younger. The painter, Masaccio, is about fifteen years younger. Doesn’t mean that Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden and Jean Fouquet weren’t import. The important role that all three men played back in the 19th century was they were great artist. In this class we learned a lot about art back in the 19th century. To me it was ...
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born in Maaseik, Bishopric of Leige, the Holy Roman Empire, which is now located in Belgium. He died in Bruges. He was the first Flemish painter to perfect the newly developed technique of oil painting. However, most of his paintings consisted of portraits or of religious subjects. He used a lot of religious symbols. One of his masterpieces he is known for is the altarpiece in the cathedral at Ghent, the Adoration of the Lamb. He was thought to have had a brother named Hubert van Eyck, but it was never proven if they were actually related. He worked in the palace of Hague, but when the count died in 1425, he moved to Bruge and settled there. He was then summoned to serve the duke of Burgundy, Philip the Good. Philip the Good was known as the most powerful ruler and a patron of the arts in Flanders. He served the duke until Philip the Good died. Then, he went on some secret missions during the next ten years. The first mission that he went on was in 1427, when he tried to contract a ...
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men back in the medieval time, and if the girl had very wealthy parents than they could afford to put her into a nunnery. This was the only other alternative other than a couple getting married. The Arnolfini Marriage was a painting of Giovanni Arnolfini, an Italian merchant, to Giovanna Cenami, the daughter of an Italian merchant. This painting was usually found in a newly married couple’s house. The purpose of this painting was to show that there were marriages back in the 1400s and one of the ways to prove that a marriage existed was of a painting that would be used as a wedding certificate. Some of the things we can learn from the painting are the way they dressed back then. Women ...
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