OMG! Van Eyck was here!

WATCH WITH THE EYES OF A MASTER PAINTER

Paintings want to tell us something, but ... how do they do that?

There are no words we can read.

There are figures that represent something. What gestures do they make?

Who is in the foreground? What details has the painter worked out?

WATCH WITH THE EYES OF A MASTER PAINTER

Every painting tells a story, behind the smallest detail is sometimes a great significance.

Would you like to unravel ‘the Ghent Altarpiece’ to the millimetre?

Or are you curious about what is behind the varnish and paint?

Then this tool is definitely for you. Watch with the right tools and become a narrator of images.

Or get started with a working method:  I spy....

 

THE FAMILY OF EYCK

Who were the Van Eycks?

What made them so famous?

Curious? You will find out here.

Sources

Books

  • VIJD  Het verdriet van het Lam Gods
    Bruyneel, Jonas (2019) - Uitgeverij Lannoo
  • MAGNUM OPUS, het leven van Johannes, Hubert, Lambert en Margaretha Van Eyck
    Raymond Corremans (2018) - Uitgeverij C. De Vries-Brouwers
  • Een wonderbaarlijke tuin. Flora op het Lam Gods
    Hilde Van Crombrugge en Paul Van den Bremt (2016) - Uitgever:Provinciebestuur Oost-Vlaanderen, Monumentenzorg

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