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 aid of abundant visual evidence in colour and in black and white, Harbison ...
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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 aid of abundant visual evidence in colour and in black and white, Harbison reveals how van Eyck presented his contemporaries with a more subtle and complex view of the value of appearances as a route to understanding the meaning of life.
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Very Good. 1991. F First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Quarto. 228 pp. Profusely illustrated. Mild shelf wear to dust jacket. Penciled notations to rfep. Very Good. (Subject: Art & Graphic Design).
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Good. Size: 8x1x11; Reaktion Books; London, 1991. Hardcover. A Good, turquoise cloth binding with white lettering on spine, binding intact, discoloration along joint buckram, some age toning to pages, bit of scattered foxing top of front/back matter pages, some scattered foxing to text block edges, bit of rubbing and foxing along board edges, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, some scattered foxing to verso panels/flaps, sunning to flaps, Dust wrapper. A good, overall clean and unmarked copy. 4to[quarto or approx. 11.5 x 13.5 inches], 228pp., bibliography, list of illustrations, indexed, color and b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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