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Liv ing Pi c tur es: Ja nv an Ey ck an d Pai nt ing's First Century

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A si gn if ic an t new inter pret ati on of the em sm West er n pi tor reali We

When Ja nv an Ey ck (c. 1390–1441) co mp leted the revoluti on ary Ghe nt Altar pi ece in 1432, it w as unprec eden ted in Euro pe an vis ual culture . His novel vis ual s tr ategi es , includ ing life like detail, not on ly hel ped ma ke pai nt ing the defin ing medium of We er n art , they also er ed in new ways of se e ing the world. T his highly origin al book explo r es V an Ey ck 's pi vo tal work, as we ll as pan els by Rogi er v an d er We yden an d their follo we rs, to und er st an d how vie we rs c am e to ap preciate a world d ep ep in two dim en si ons. Thro ug h careful ex am in ati on of prima ry do cu men ts, Noa Tur el reveals that pai nt we re c on s iste ntly d es cr ibe d as au v if : ma de not “from life ” but “i nt o life . ” An i ma ti on , not r ep p r es e nt ati on , drove V an Ey ck an d his c on t em por aries . Tur el's inter pret ati on re vers es the comm on ly hel db eli ef that th es e art ists we re inspire d by the er a's bur geo n ing em piri cis m, pro po si ng inste ad that their “liv ing pi c tur es” hel ped create the c on d it i on s for em piri cis m. Il lust rated w it h exqui si te f if tee nt h- century pai nt ings, t his volume as s er ts th es e wor ks ' key r ole in sh ap , rath er th an si mply mi rro ring , the early mod er n world.

Review

" Am b it ious . . . [ an d] imp r es sive. "--Alf red Acr es , HNA ( His tori an s of Neth er l an dish Art ) Review s "Liv ing Pi c tur es is an origin al an d ch alleng ing c on tributi on to on e of the most imp ort an t er as of We est er n pai nt ing, explo ing how Ja nv an Ey ck an d his col lea g ue s sh ap ed a new pi c tor ial vis i on an da new world und er st an d ing . "--Vic tor Sto ch chita, author of The Se lf- Awa re Image : An In si ght i nt o Early Mod er n Meta-Pai nt ing "Noa Tur el's book gen er at es ac lust of e xc it ing new idea s. Pro vid ing origin al inter pret ati ons of c an onical Early Neth er l an dish pai nt ings, it pro mi se s to invigorate debate s ce nt to the field. "--L aura We ig er t, author of ch Vis ual Culture an d the Ma ing of Medieval Theat er

About the Author

Noa Tur el is as si sta nt pro f es sor of art his tory at the Uni vers ity of Al aba ma at Bi rm ingh am .

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Number of stron:200

Auto : Tur el, Noa

Language: English: Published; English: Original Language; English

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P a ag e:& nb sp; 2.59& nb ; gram

Highoś: 0.8 cm

Szerokość: 8.8 cm

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