Jan Van Eyck: Biography/facts
Published on Dec 14, 2016
This is a biography of "Jan Van Eyck" a aspiring artist of the ages who
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Jan Van Eyck
A painter of the ages, and aspiring Oil Painter as well.
To go into his self portrait he paints a man wearing a red cloth on his head (a hat) and he adds all of the imperfections and little details to elude that not everything is perfect and he himself isn’t godlike but onto him is a normal man.
He was born In circa 1390 1390 in Belgium (Maaseik, Belgium to be exact).
Jan Van Eyck has lived in:
- Maaseik
- Ghent
- and The Burgundian Netherlands
Ghent
One of the locations he worked/lived in
The Netherlands/Burgundian Netherlands (as Well as Maaseik)
Two of the Places he Lived/Worked in
One of the main things he is known for is^
as well as his artwork
Untitled Slide
In 1425 he was employed under the service of Duke Philip
and later in 1432 he was hired by "The good Burgandy"
“Painting is a form of profound creative release”.
He said this to show how he feels about how he can show expression through his artwork
This quote mainly shows that he supports humanism and is a humanist because it shows that his emotions are strong towards art and paintings that he makes because he is creating creativity and pushing it out into the world that at the time wasn’t very inspirational.
The Adoration of The Lamb
This painting was painted for The Church of St. Baven.
This artifact was an example of Humanism because It shows the advancement of religious culture throughout the ages because of history
Reasoning
He got the inspiration for the painting by religious culture and humankind's evolution of culture throughout time.
