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van Eyck
van Eyck , family of Flemish painters, the brothers Hubert van Eyck, c.1370-1426, and Jan van Eyck, c.1390-1441. Their Lives Very little is known of Hubert, the older of the two brothers. He is said to have worked (1414-17) for Duke William of Bavaria and is known to have settled in Gh... Read more
Luis Dalmáu
Luis Dalmáu , fl. 1428-60, Spanish painter, court painter to Alfonso of Aragon. His only undisputed work, Virgin with Councilors (Barcelona), shows the influence of Jan van Eyck. ... Read more
Petrus Christus
Petrus Christus , fl. 1444-c.1473, Flemish painter; a follower and probably a pupil of the Van Eycks. In 1444 he became a free citizen of Bruges, where he remained until his death. Christus was successful in the rendering of geometric perspective and became noted for his fine, introspective treatmen... Read more
Robert Campin
Robert Campin , 1378-1444, Flemish painter who with the van Eycks ranks as a founder of the Netherlandish school. This artist has been identified as the Master of Flémalle on the basis of three panels in Frankfurt-am-Main said to have come from the abbey of Flémalle near Liège. ... Read more
Gerard David
Gerard David , c.1460-1523, Flemish painter, b. Oudewater, Holland. By 1484 he had established himself in Bruges, where he remained until his death. Dependent on the art of earlier Flemish painters, such as Jan van Eyck and Robert Campin, his work displays a uniform tenderness and grace. Among his n... Read more
Albert
Albert 1819-61, prince consort of Victoria of Great Britain, whom he married in 1840. He was of Wettin lineage, the son of Ernest I, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and first cousin to Victoria. As an alien prince he was initially unpopular, but in time the English came to admire him for his irrepro... Read more
Max J. Friedländer
Max J. Friedländer , 1867-1958, German art historian. Educated in Munich, he became director of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin. He left Germany in 1933 and settled in Holland. A specialist in Netherlandish painting of the 15th and 16th cent., he is best known for his monumental work on t... Read more
Quentin Massys
Quentin Massys , c.1466-1530, Flemish painter. After studying in Louvain, he moved to Antwerp by 1491, remaining in that city throughout his life. Influences of Italian art, especially of Leonardo da Vinci, may be seen in his work, particularly in the delicate modeling, the subtle nuances of tone, a... Read more
Hugo van der Goes
Hugo van der Goes , d.1482, Flemish painter. Probably born in Ghent, he was a member of the painters' guild there in 1467 and became dean of the guild in 1474, a year before his semiretirement to a monastery near Brussels. Early works, such as The Fall of Man (c.1468; Vienna), recall earlier Flemi... Read more
Roger van der Weyden
Roger van der Weyden , c.1400-1464, major early Flemish master, known also as Roger de la Pasture. He is believed to have studied with Robert Campin. His early works also show the influence of Jan van Eyck. Van Eyck, however, had been a master at objective rendering of detail, whereas Roger in his w... Read more

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van Eyck
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition van Eyck , family of Flemish painters, the brothers Hubert van Eyck, c.1370-1426, and Jan van Eyck, c.1390-1441. Their Lives Very little is known of Hubert, the older of the two brothers. He is said to have worked (1414-17) for...
Hubert and Jan van Eyck
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Hubert and Jan van Eyck The Flemish painters Hubert (died 1426) and Jan (ca. 1390-1441) van Eyck were the founders of the early Netherlandish...Countries. Although ultimately the brothers Van Eyck cannot be credited with its discovery, they...
Eyck, Jan van
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Eyck, Jan van ( c. 1390–1441) Flemish painter. His best-known work...perfected the manufacture and technique of oil paint. His brother, Hubert van Eyck ( c. 1370–1426) is thought to have worked in Ghent and assisted...
Rogier van der Weyden
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...intensity. Rogier van der Weyden, Jan van Eyck, and Robert Campin were the founding fathers...developing awareness of the style of Jan van Eyck and a lessening of the Campin influence...Weydenian transformations. In place of Van Eyck's detailed treatment of the complexity...
Divorce
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...of convenience of her daughter, Lu Ten Eyck ( Fanny Davenport ), to the much older...De Witt ( William Davidge ), Mrs. Ten Eyck ( Fanny Morant ) learns that Alfred Adrianse...Alfred had left New York when Mrs. Ten Eyck cut short his courtship of her other daughter...
Petrus Christus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...probably took place in the workshop of Jan van Eyck in Bruges, and Christus is his only known...Rothschild Madonna, a painting begun by Jan van Eyck. The diminutive St. Jeromeis also thought...content of his works, while retaining Van Eyck's strong sense of form. At the same...
Antonello da Messina
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Messina learned oil painting from Jan van Eyck, whom he had visited in Flanders. This is improbable as Jan van Eyck died when Antonello was 11 years old...Christus, a Flemish follower of Jan van Eyck, as the crucial factors in Antonello...
Martin Schongauer
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...compositions were derived from paintings by the Flemish masters Jan van Eyck, Hugo van der Goes, Bouts, and especially Van der Weyden...Goes, dating about 1480. Finally, a lost painting by Jan van Eyck, the Road to Calvary, was the inspiration for Schongauer...
Quentin Massys
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...also in works of earlier Flemish artists, especially of Jan van Eyck. The combined Flemish and Italian influences aided Massys in...Bibliography: See M. J. Friedländer, From Van Eyck to Bruegel (2 vol., 3d ed. 1969).
mirrors
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...from flat to concave or convex. The Dutch painter Jan van Eyck ( c. 1390–1441) incorporated a wall-mounted convex...numerous Flemish paintings, as homage to the naturalism of van Eyck, and to its capacity to replicate the surfaces of the visible...

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Eyck, Hubert and Jan Van
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Eyck, Hubert and Jan Van. See VAN EYCK, HUBERT and JAN .
Eyck, Jan van
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Eyck, Jan van ( b ?Maaseik, c. 1390; d Bruges, June 1441). The most celebrated...on the frame states that it was begun by ‘the painter Hubert van Eyck, than whom none was greater’, and completed by ‘Jan...
van Eyck, Aldo
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture van Eyck, Aldo (1918–1999). See Eyck .
Eyck, Charles
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art Eyck, Charles (1897–1962). Dutch painter, sculptor, and designer. He often worked on a large scale, particularly...
Eyck, Aldo van
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Eyck, Aldo van (1918–99). Dutch architect. He worked in the Public Works Department, Amsterdam (1946–...
van Eyck, Hubert
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church van Eyck, Hubert (d. 1426) and Jan (d. 1441), Flemish painters. Jan became court painter to Philip, Duke of Burgundy, in 1425...
Turin Hours
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...artists, one of whom was possibly Jan van Eyck . The history of the manuscript is complex...Duc de Berry (the great-uncle of van Eyck's patron Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy...including John of Bavaria (for whom van Eyck worked in 1422–5) and possibly...
Weyden, Rogier van der
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...contrast with the cool objectivity of his great precursor Jan van Eyck was well summed up by Erwin Panofsky : ‘Roger's world is at once physically barer and spiritually richer than Jan van Eyck's. Where Jan observed things that no painter had ever observed...
oil paint
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...It was long believed that oil painting was invented by Jan van Eyck in the early 15th century, but it is now known that its origins...with oil’). There is no doubt, however, that van Eyck revolutionized the technique and brought it to a sudden peak...
Master of Flémalle
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...the elegant International Gothic style and ranks with Jan van Eyck as one of the founders of the Early Netherlandish School of painting...that his earliest works antedate any surviving picture by van Eyck. The earliest of all is generally thought to be the Entombment...

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Ten Eyck, 87, ex-Department of Natural Resources chief.(Business)
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PR Newswire; 10/9/2003; 700+ words ; ...acquire the operations and assets of Ten Eyck Associates. The transaction is expected to close on or before October 31, 2003. Ten Eyck is a highly regarded consulting group that...Founded in 1993 and managed by Ernest Ten Eyck, former Assistant Chief Accountant of...
Joseph and the amazing van Eyck
Magazine article from: The Architects' Journal; 5/8/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Joseph Rykwert provide snapshots of Aldo van Eyck's genius Joseph Rykwert at the book launch of Aldo Van Eyck: Writings, (eds) Vincent Ligtelijn and...about the late-Modernist architect Aldo van Eyck (1918-1999), member of the Team 10 collective...
The revolution of Jan van Eyck How the Netherlandish cloudburst spread across Europe
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 5/18/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...realist revolution wrought by Jan van Eyck and his early Netherlandish contemporaries...painters as the best in the field: van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Pisanello and Gentile da Fabriano, awarding van Eyck the accolade of ''the most important...
Classroom use of the art print.(Jan van Eyck)
Magazine article from: Arts & Activities; 5/1/2007; 700+ words ; Jan van Eyck (Flemish; 1385-1441). The Arnolfini...Gallery, London. THINGS TO LEARN * Jan van Eyck was born in what is now present-day Belgium...brother who was also a painter, Hubert van Eyck. The famous Ghent Altarpiece is attributed...
Arts etc: Visual art - That oil paint, Jan, it's just so cutting edge Jan van Eyck Groeninge Museum BRUGES
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/14/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...name of a famous Belgian, try Jan van Eyck. All right, Belgium didn't technically...now forms Belgium's top half. And van Eyck is famous as can be, which is no more than his due. As Vasari tells us, "Jan van Eyck of Bruges invented the method of painting...
Jan van Eyck: to be a pilgrim.
Magazine article from: Catholic Insight; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...The following pages focus on Jan van Eyck, the Flemish master who, along with his...There are only 22 known works of van Eyck in the world today, many of them vibrant...gives details on the life and work of van Eyck. For a baptized European of the thirteenth...
Aldo van Eyck 1918-1999.(Dutch architect)(Obituary)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; Aldo Van Eyck's death robs Dutch architecture of a courageous and humanist champion. Aldo van Eyck was a key figure in twentieth-century...equally influential architect, cites van Eyck as an influence on his rather different...
Jan van Eyck: The Play of Realism.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...interrogates the realistic effect of Jan van Eyck's panels, arguing that his imagery is...the words of Nicolas Rolin, one of Van Eyck's foremost clients, are transacted to...experience, then the religious meaning of Van Eyck's images derives, as Harbison puts it...
Obituary: Aldo van Eyck
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/21/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...discipline, the Dutch architect Aldo van Eyck defended the idea that architecture, beyond...the deviations of Post-Modernism. Van Eyck from the outset occupied a distinct place...into a euphoric flush of production, van Eyck was almost the only architect at the core...