How was this painted 600 years ago
Almost six hundred years ago, a Flemish painter created a work so detailed that modern science still cannot fully explain how it was made.
Individual eyelashes. The optical refraction of a pair of glasses. The reflection of a window inside a human eye. And hidden in the shield of a knight, what historians believe to be a self-portrait of the artist himself.
In this video we break down every hidden detail in one of the most technically extraordinary paintings in the history of art.
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0:00 Introduction
0:40 Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele
1:24 Joris van der Paele
2:17 Technical Mastery
3:44 Symbolism
6:00 Hidden Self-Portrait
7:00 Scientific Analysis
SOURCES
Christopher P Jones, Medium: https://christopherpjones.medium.com/one-of-the-most-intricate-paintings-ever-made-cb6be1a24db7
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/eyck/hd_eyck.htm
Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art: https://jhna.org/articles/optical-symbolism-optical-description-case-study-canon-van-der-paeles-spectacles/
Musea Brugge: https://www.museabrugge.be/en/collections/research-projects/natuurwetenschappelijk-onderzoek-van-eyck
Smarthistory: https://smarthistory.org/jan-van-eyck-madonna-with-canon-joris-van-der-paele/
The Courtauld: https://courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/jan-van-eyck-shield-st-george/
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