VAN EYCK. THE PORTRAITS

The first book in English devoted to Jan van Eycks pioneering contribution to the birth of modern portraiture. Some stories do not have a beginning. Portraiture is one of them. It seems to burst onto the scene fully formed in the 1430s under the brush of Flemish artist Jan van Eyck. Pushing the possibilities of oil painting to convey a convincing illusion of reality, his portraits present us with individuals pulsating with life, every detail of their appearance captured. Van Eyck not only transformed the style of contemporary portra...[Llegir més]