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Age Of Van Eyck [Hardcover]

Till Borchert (Author)

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This luscious book is true eye candy, but it's not just another pretty picture book. The text, compiled by the exhibition curator at the Groeninge Museum in Bruges, Belgium, is revealing as well as refreshingly stirring. Written for the general reader, this volume accompanies the large-scale exhibition Jan Van Eyck, 1430-1530 held at the Groeninge Museum last spring. Intended to illustrate the revolution in oil-painting sparked by the work of van Eyck and to present the interaction between the north and south of Europe during this pivotal period, this book invites readers to look, reflect, and draw conclusions on their own. Sixteen signed chapters, such as "Art Markets," "Princes, Patrons and Eclecticism: Naples and the North," and "A New Look on the World: The Invention of Landscape," set a big-picture stage. The catalog section, which follows, is divided into geographical sections (Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal) and is concise and just as well written. Roughly 130 paintings from the 15th century (almost all on panel) generously fill the pages; some are reproduced here for the first time in color. No book has so thoroughly covered this subject in at least 20 years, and the quality of the images makes this more than worth the price. Highly recommended. Jennifer Moldwin Gustafson, Detroit Inst. of Arts
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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The emergence of early Netherlandish painting and its dissemination throughout Europe took place during one of the most intriguing epochs in the history of Western Europe. This age of transition from the late Middle Ages to early modern times was characterized by fundamental changes in economics, politics, religion, society, and—in its broadest sense—culture.

It is no coincidence that the art of Jan van Eyck, the Master of Flémalle, Rogier van der Weyden, Hugo van der Goes, Hans Memling, and Gerard David flowered in the period that saw the formation and expansion of a mighty Burgundian state in the prosperous provinces of the Netherlands and the neighboring regions. The ever-growing political significance of Burgundy was reflected by the success of Burgundian culture abroad. From the outset, members of the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese business communities residing in Flanders, such as the Arnolfini and Portinari, took pride in commissioning works by Netherlandish painters that were eagerly sought after by the princes and urban entrepreneurs of their homelands. The Sforza of Milan sent their court painter to Bugatto to train with Rogier van der Weyden; Alphonso V of Aragon ordered his painter Dalmau to travel to the Netherlands; and Isabella of Castile appointed Juan de Flandes alongside other Northerners as her court painter. The presence of Netherlandish works of art in the South inspired Iberian, French, and Italian artists such as Jean Fouquet, Filippino Lippi, Antonello da Messina, Bartolomé Bermejo, and Nuño Gonçalves.

This book explores the complex artistic, cultural, socioeconomic, and political relationships between Burgundian Netherlands and the Mediterranean. It offers a lavishly illustrated panorama of the work of Jan van Eyck and his followers, and focuses on their share in the development of painting in southern France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, reproducing many of the finest works of European Renaissance painting. 380 illustrations, 220 in color.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The cake below the frosting, Feb 23 2005
By Reed Lockwood "I like Eyck!" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Age Of Van Eyck (Hardcover)
I certainly agree with the above editorial, except it's more than candy.

As an amateur it's one thing to read chapter after chapter that reveal my arthistorical ignorance of this giant, yet another to see image after color image (even in the catalogue!) that elicit "whoa-I'd-no-idea," how influential his style, and those of the other International Style artists, were on his contemporaries, and the socio-geopolitical-economic forces that help explain Master Johannes' influence.

So if you enjoy, wish to understand more about, or just can't get enough of the Ecykians, you need to buy this book. The images are good, a great many new to me, but not quite as compellingly printed as deVos' "The Flemish Primitives : The Masterpieces". However that superb book is more an insular collection than this continental analysis.

In trying to understand a rather invisible man and his unusually complex life, showing what he touched; where he traveled; what his colleagues and admirers achieved, who gave him thematic inspiration, guidance and financial incentive; and the many reasons why, are the features making this book exceptional. Until we can restore an enlightened monarchy, or princes of more than software or heredity, books such as this will have to lead us out of last century's fog.

Two negatives: 1. typical tedious troves of trivia that slow/show off scholarship but add little. Luggage in the trunk, please. 2. Just two pages about how the International Style miracle began (the book begins at 1432, another immaculate conception?). Obviously subject enough for another book, but unless the first artist was an eidetiker, the factors catalyzing the I.S. are linked to those of its spread and might have been given a chapter.

Well worth the price.
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