Jan Van Eyck: The Play of Realism

by Craig Harbison

Book Overview

Jan van Eyck's surviving work comprises a series of painstakingly detailed oil paintings of astonishing verisimilitude. In a fascinating recovery of the neglected human dimension that is clearly present in these works, Craig Harbison interrogates the personal histories of the worldly participants of such masterpieces as the Virgin and Child with George van der Paele, the Arnolfini Double Portrait and the Virgin and Child with Nicolas Rolin. With the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0948462795
• ISBN13: 9780948462795
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 11.0"