On the Arnolfini portrait and the Lucca Madonna : did Jan van Eyck have a perspectival system?

Author

Elkins, James

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art bulletin. 1991, Num. 1, Vol. 73, p. 53-62, 8 ill.; diagrams

ISSN

0004-3079

Abstract (en)

Attempts to settle the question of Jan van Eyck's perspective, at least in the case of the Arnolfini Portrait (London, National Gallery) and Lucca Madonna (Frankfurt, Städelsches Kunstinstitut), and to introduce a new, higher level of accuracy and reproducibility for perspectival reconstructions in general. Concludes that Van Eyck "accomplished by eye, and with consistency between paintings, a compromise between medieval and Renaissance sensitivities."

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Belgium
• Eyck, Jan van, ca.1390-1441
• Painting
• Marriage of Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami
• National Gallery||London (GBR)
• Lucca Madonna
• Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie||Frankfurt am Main (DEU)
• Belgium
• 1400-1500
• Perspective

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Belgique
• Eyck, Jan van, v.1390-1441
• Peinture
• Portrait des Arnolfini
• National Gallery||London (GBR)
• Vierge de Lucques
• Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie||Frankfurt am Main (DEU)
• Belgique
• 1400-1500
• Perspective

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00419228

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