Anthony Van Dyck And His Influence During The Baroque Period

Jan van Eyck was born during c. 1935 in Maaseik, Bishopric of Liege, the Renaissance period. He had a sister Margareta, and at least two brothers, Hubert (died 1426) and Lambert was active between 1431 and 1442 (Both of them were also painters). Yet the order of their births is not known. Another significant, and rather younger, painter who worked in Southern France, Barthélemy van Eyck, is presumed to be a relation. It is not known where Jan was educated, but he had knowledge of Latin and used the Greek and Hebrew alphabets in many of the inscriptions, indicating that he was schooled in the classics. (From Wikipedia) The first ever record of Eyck is from the court of John of Bavaria at The Hague, where payments were made to Jan van Eyck between 1422 and 1424 as court painter, with the court rank of valet de chambre. This suggests a date of birth

Jan van Eyck painted portraits and religious paintings during the Northern Renaissance. He painted portraits of royalty and other wealthy people. Van Eyck also painted religious paintings for the church. Van Eyck was one of the only Northern Renaissance painters who could read and write. He signed his own paintings with a clever signature. He also wrote lengthy inscriptions on his paintings. Van Eyck’s work is still copied today.

The movement emphasized intense emotion as an authentic source of aesthetic experience, placing new emphasis on such emotions as apprehension, horror and terror, and awe—especially that which is experienced in confronting the new aesthetic categories of the sublimity and beauty of nature.

Van Eyck pursued a career at two courts. Working for John of Bavaria, count of Hainaut-Holland, and then was made court painter and valet de chambre to Duke Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, the most powerful ruler and foremost patron of the arts in Flanders (Pioch). Employment at court secured him a high social standing which was very unusual for a painter, as well as artistic independence from the painters’ guild of Bruges. Many aspects of his work were intended to promote his personal reputation and abilities, which he accomplished by signing and dating his pictures (also

an Van Eyck was a painter from the Netherlands. He appears to be one of the most significant Northern Renaissance artists of the 15th century. Renaissance is the celebration of individual identity. Before that era, artists painted what they were commissioned to paint. Most of them painted portraits of others or self-portrait.

That eventually influenced him to use brighter colors in his artwork and use more vibrant colors.

The period of Baroque art was from 1600 to 1750, and relates to the style

The Baroque Era lasted from 1600 to 1750. The Baroque Era was known as the “Age of Absolutism”. Rulers during the time liked to exercise total power over their subjects and not allow them to have say. The Baroque Era was also shaped by its religious institutions. Since there were both Catholics and Protestant areas they remained separated. An important event that occurred because of this separation was the Thirty Year War in 1618.

Jan van Eyck, also known as Johannes de Eyck, was an early Flemish painter acknowledged for helping with the commencement of the Northern Renaissance. Jan van Eyck, most commonly recognized for his role in painting for Philip the Good, Duke of Normandy, has hundreds of finished and unfinished works, all equally complex and intricate. His most well known works include, the Arnolfini Wedding, Madonna of Chancellor Rolin, Portrait of a Man, and the Annunciation. While he frequently painted and portrayed religious figures, van Eyck also painted nobles and other prestigious figures throughout Europe. The Renaissance was a cultural movement that began in Italy shortly after the Black Plague devastated Europe in the fourteenth century.

The Baroque period of music lasted from approximately 1600 – 1750 AD. It falls into the Common Practice period and was the most predominant style of writing after the Renaissance period and before the Classical period (the Classical period uses many elements from the Baroque period). The word Baroque means highly decorated and essentially gives us an insight into what the music of the time was like. Many pieces in the Baroque style have three or four different parts which work together to produce a melodic melody which modulates to relative keys. The Baroque period developed from the Renaissance period. These two periods shared the same idea of counterpoint, yet Baroque music differed from that of the Renaissance period by having stronger

Human emotions remain as one of the world’s biggest secrets. Like sleep, we know what happens to our body when we experience these emotions whether it be a release of hormones or a certain area on the body becomes more sensitive. But we don’t know why we have them, experience them, or what purpose they serve. All we know is everyone’s emotions behave differently. Different types of arts can elicit completely different emotional response from people. Some art may have the ability to appeal to dangerous emotions in certain people. Whether it be the corruption of a once faithful and beautiful young girl, plagued by the desire for romanticism and lofty ideas, or a handsome young nobleman who is obsessed with living life to fullest. Both are fueled by the emotion that a certain type of art elicits in them, leaving them in a never ending chase that ruins there life’s. In the Novels Madame Bovary and The Picture of Dorian Grey the protagonists in these stories perfectly exemplifies the danger of arts emotional appeal by showing the corruption and eventual downfall of two once young and beautiful souls by exposing them to art that pleases dangerous emotions such as desire, pleasure, entitlement and disappointment.

The initiator of the Flemish painting, and considered as a pioneer the Nordic of the first Renaissance. Jan van Eyck, together with the Master of Flemalle (Robert Campin) and Rogier van Weyden, were the most famous artists of this school, and the most virtuous in the use of oil. Good as a camera painter and a man of trust. This status granted him the benefit of his respectable reputation giving him great artistic freedom. van Eyck settles in Bruges where he dies years later. His work stands out especially for its meticulousness, a characteristic that leads to the deduction of its observant and detailed nature. He is also admired for the psychological burden of his works, full of vitality. His works are composed mainly of portraits and sacred

The art shows such pathos(a quality of an experience in life or a work of art that stirs up emotions of pity, sympathy and sorrow)! It brings visceral feelings up to the surface in me! Like hunger, but deeper!

In the previous writings I wrote about Hendrick van der Burch, “An Officer and a Standing Woman”. I wrote on how well he composed the figures, the use of color and light throughout the image, and the amount of symbolism. I ended the paper saying I will compare this painting to another, and I chose Van Eyck’s Arnolfini Wedding. The contrast and the similarities are great between the two the artist. First of all they’re both oil painters and from Northern Europe, specifically Netherlands. Although they’re from the same location, the both lived in two different time eras being 200 years apart from another.

reached the age of 14. At 18 he became more serious about his art and