Discuss the painting, The Ghent alterpiece, by Jan van Eyck

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Request for Question Clarification by livioflores-ga on 31 May 2003 21:35 PDT

Please see this article, it this text is enough to complete the answer
please let me know and I will post the reference as an answer. If you
need more please tell me and I will continue the research.
Regards.
livioflores-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by livioflores-ga on 31 May 2003 21:37 PDT

Oops!! I forget the link:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ghnt/hd_ghnt.htm

I will wait your reponse.
livioflores-ga

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Clarification of Question by socialkitten-ga on 31 May 2003 22:37 PDT

Thankx heaps for the site.  It will do nicely!

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Request for Question Clarification by livioflores-ga on 01 Jun 2003 01:01 PDT

So can I post it as the answer??

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Clarification of Question by socialkitten-ga on 01 Jun 2003 04:48 PDT

yes thank you

Hi socialkitten!!

The Ghent altarpiece, by Jan van Eyck is one of the greater pieces of
the Renaissance.
"Jan van Eyck is considered to be a founder of the Early Renaissance
style in the Northern Renaissance. We do not know the exact date and
place of his birth, it is believed that he was born in early 1390s in
the eastern province of the Netherlands Limburg. He probably was
taught the art by his brother Hubert van Eyck, with whom he created
the  masterpiece The Ghent Altarpiece (1425-1432), which they started
in 1425, but after the death of Hubert, his younger brother finished
it alone."
From "Jan van Eyck":
http://www.abcgallery.com/E/eyck/eyckbio.html

You can see comments about this great piece of art in the following
pages:

"The Ghent Altarpiece" from The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York
 website:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ghnt/hd_ghnt.htm


From "The WebMuseum Network" we have two pages:
"Eyck, Jan van: The Ghent altarpiece", this page has interesting
comments that includes some references to the "similarities between
Masaccio's fresco in Florence and this altarpiece painted for a church
in distant Flanders" for example:
http://www.southern.com/wm/paint/auth/eyck/ghent/

"Eyck, Jan van: The Adoration of the Lamb", comments about this part
of the altarpiece:
http://www.southern.com/wm/paint/auth/eyck/lamb/


From the "Olga's Gallery" site we have:
"Jan van Eyck - Biography":
http://www.abcgallery.com/E/eyck/eyckbio.html

"Jan van Eyck - Gallery", a virtual gallery that includes almost works
of this artist:
http://www.abcgallery.com/E/eyck/eyck.html


From "The Web Gallery of Art" site we have:
"Jan van Eyck - Biography":
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/bio/e/eyck_van/jan/biograph.html

"The Ghent Altarpiece (1432) by Hubert and Jan van EYCK", to see
details of this art work:
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/e/eyck_van/jan/09ghent/ 


From "CGFA- A Virtual Art Museum":
"CGFA- The Ghent Altarpiece", here you have compiled details of all of
the panels of the Ghent Altarpiece:
http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/eyck/ghent/


Search Strategy:
"the Ghent Altarpiece"
Jan van Eyck 
Altarpiece


I hope this helps you in your research. If you need a clarification or
have troubles with the links, please post a request for an answer
clarification, I will gladly respond to your request.

Best Regards.
livioflores-ga