JAN VAN EYCK

LIFE OF JAN VAN EYCK

• Nobody knows the exact date of his birth but it is believed to be around 1395
• His death occurred on July 9, 1441
• He worked and lived in Maaseik, Burgundian Netherlands, and Ghent
• He believed in humanism

MAJOR EVENT

• He created oil paint which changed art forever,
• It changed art forever because it looked better, it was easier to use,
• And artist could make more things as in textures, looks, and color

MAN IN A TURBAN

• Man in a turban (1443)
• An oil painting that has been in the national gallery.
• Nobody knows if it's a self portrait.
• The head is a little large comrade to the torso.

MADONNA IN THE CHURCH

• Made in c.1425
• It's an oil painting and it was first documented in 1851
• It was stolen in 1877
• She is unrealistically larger than her surroundings

ST JEROME

• An oil painting Made in 1442
• His workers were the ones who finished it the year after he died
• It is now in the Detroit Institute of Arts

HOW HE SHOWED HIS BELIEFS

• An example would be Arnolfini Wedding made in 1434
• He makes it look like a regular painting
• He expressed that they're on holy ground by having their sandals off
• He also expresses his loyalty to god with the dog in between them

QUOTE

• "Painting is a form of profound creative release."

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Wikipedia
• Jan-van-eyck.org
• Robinurton.com
• Evergreen.loyola.edu
• Saidwhat.co.uk

HOW HE WAS HUMANISM

• Most of his paintings were of humans
• He was good at a lot of things