Inventing van Eyck : the remaking of an artist for the modern age / Jenny Graham.
Language: English Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2007. Description: x, 259 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN: 9781845207762; 9781845207779Subject(s): Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440 -- Criticism and interpretation | Art, Renaissance -- Italy -- RomeLOC classification: ND673 .E9 G73 2007| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | Vitali Hakko Kreatif Endüstriler Kütüphanesi | ND673 .E9 G73 2007 | Not for loan | 008460 |
The invention of van Eyck -- The Gothic revival -- German taste and English culture -- English taste and the Pre-Raphaelites -- The canonization of a Renaissance artist -- An artist for the modern age.
Van Eyck is seen as the artist who bridged the gap between the medieval and the modern. "The Enlightenment" had placed van Eyck in the Gothic tradition. Then Napoleon looted panels of his masterwork, the "Ghent Altar-piece", and took them back to the Louvre. This title tells the story of the making of this artist for the modern age.