Van Eyck in detail.
Hazan| N° d'inventaire | 22239 |
| Format | 25.5 x 32 |
| Détails | 255 p., bound in cloth under dust jacket. |
| Publication | Paris, 2013 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782754107198 |
Founder of the Northern Naturalist School, which would develop in the 15th century as a second, this time northern, Renaissance, the Flemish Jan Van Eyck (1390-1440) was at the origin of a new art of painting capable of achieving an illusionistic rendering unmatched until then. The work begins with biographical data explaining the context of the court artist's career with John the Good, at the head of a wealthy workshop and dominating the Tournai painters' guild. A second chapter is devoted to the pictorial technique of Van Eyck, considered the inventor of oil painting from the 16th century and of a pictorial style whose influence was considerable both in the North and in the South of Europe. His work then, in the main part of the body of the book, is the subject of a thematic approach, through the areas which prove that the innovations of his art are based on a precise observation of nature, in its environment, its elements, and its light as in the different materials that man has been able to create to furnish his daily life. The meticulous attention paid to everyday objects will become one of the characteristics of the Nordic style, under the influence of Van Eyck. In addition to the landscape and its atmospheric variations, Van Eyck's universe celebrates all the finery of the home: architecture, furniture, fabrics, glass, jewelry, mirrors, and finally the portrait to salute the owners who commissioned his paintings, alongside the restitution of religious scenes in a domestic setting barely more luxurious than that of his contemporaries. This discovery of his art is organized as closely as possible to his pictorial technique thanks to a campaign of shooting details never before seen, details accompanied by comments to help in the reading of the works.
Founder of the Northern Naturalist School, which would develop in the 15th century as a second, this time northern, Renaissance, the Flemish Jan Van Eyck (1390-1440) was at the origin of a new art of painting capable of achieving an illusionistic rendering unmatched until then. The work begins with biographical data explaining the context of the court artist's career with John the Good, at the head of a wealthy workshop and dominating the Tournai painters' guild. A second chapter is devoted to the pictorial technique of Van Eyck, considered the inventor of oil painting from the 16th century and of a pictorial style whose influence was considerable both in the North and in the South of Europe. His work then, in the main part of the body of the book, is the subject of a thematic approach, through the areas which prove that the innovations of his art are based on a precise observation of nature, in its environment, its elements, and its light as in the different materials that man has been able to create to furnish his daily life. The meticulous attention paid to everyday objects will become one of the characteristics of the Nordic style, under the influence of Van Eyck. In addition to the landscape and its atmospheric variations, Van Eyck's universe celebrates all the finery of the home: architecture, furniture, fabrics, glass, jewelry, mirrors, and finally the portrait to salute the owners who commissioned his paintings, alongside the restitution of religious scenes in a domestic setting barely more luxurious than that of his contemporaries. This discovery of his art is organized as closely as possible to his pictorial technique thanks to a campaign of shooting details never before seen, details accompanied by comments to help in the reading of the works.