Jan Van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait: Stories of an Icon - Softcover

Seidel, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521484871 ISBN 13: 9780521484879

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

First published in 1993, Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait: Stories of an Icon examines one of the earliest and most celebrated paintings in the history of European art from a variety of perspectives. In her lucid analysis, Linda Seidel considers this famous double portrait as social record, legal document, material object, and poetic fiction. Each chapter of her study represents a distinct mode of inquiry and each situates the painting within a different discursive tradition. In this way, Seidel explores a variety of historical practices to illuminate the portrait's painted narrative. Through the implementation of a variety of interpretive strategies and in consultation with different types and categories of information, Stories of an Icon informs the viewer about the function and nature of early European painting, and invites the reader to reflect on the many ways in which works of art can be examined and reconfigured centuries after their creation.

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Book Description:

First published in 1993, Arnolfini Portrait: Stories of an Icon examines one of the earliest and most celebrated paintings in the history of European art from a variety of perspectives. In her lucid analysis, Seidel considers this famous double portrait as social record, legal document, material object, and poetic fiction.

Synopsis:

Jan Van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait examines one of the most celebrated European paintings from a number of perspectives. In her lucid analysis of this seminal work, Linda Seidel considers this famous double portrait as a social record, legal document, material object and poetic fiction. Each chapter of this study is characterised by a distinct approach, which is constructed to shed light on a variety of contemporary practices - marital, economic and artisanal. Through the implementation of a variety of interpretive strategies, and in consultation with different types and categories of information, this innovative book informs the viewer about the function and nature of early European painting, and invites the reader to reflect on the many ways in which works of art can be studied.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0521484871
• ISBN 13: 9780521484879
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328