RE: Your Thoughts On Art
April 7, 2019 at 8:52 am
(This post was last modified: April 7, 2019 at 9:46 am by Alan V.)
(April 7, 2019 at 7:29 am)Belaqua Wrote:(April 6, 2019 at 11:24 pm)Succubus Wrote: The beauty of this thing is humbling.
Completely agree with you that van Eyck is among the best artists who ever lived. His works are stunning -- superhuman. And of course impossible to reproduce. There's something about the richness of that oil paint which is lost in photos -- even more than other works.
The Arnolfini Portrait is a window into a long-lost time, and for that it is fascinating. But the people portrayed look rather dull to me, so I can't say I particularly relate to them. That is one aspect which is missing which other paintings possess, like so many of Vermeer's or Rembrandt's.
(April 7, 2019 at 8:43 am)Succubus Wrote: What the hell did he use for brush's, single strands of Mink fur?
The Arnolfini Portrait is about 32 X 24 inches, so perhaps not.
