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- catalog abstract "Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait: Stories of an Icon examines, from a variety of perspectives, one of the earliest and most celebrated paintings in the history of European art. In her lucid analysis, Linda Seidel considers this famous double portrait as social record, legal document, material object, and poetic fiction. Each chapter of her study represents a distinct mode of inquiry and each situates the painting within a different discursive tradition. In this way, Seidel explores a variety of historical practices - marital, economic and artisanal, to cite only a few - to illuminate the portrait's painted narrative. Among the issues that Seidel contemplates are the painting's status as authenticating sign, the significance of the female subject, and the painting's "after-life" as touchstone for later artists and writers. Through the implementation of a variety of interpretive strategies and in consultation with different types and categories of information, Stories of an Icon informs the viewer about the function and nature of early European painting, and invites the reader to reflect on the many ways in which works of art can be examined and reconfigured centuries after their creation.".
- catalog contributor b5181102.
- catalog contributor b5181103.
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-299) and index.".
- catalog description "Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait: Stories of an Icon examines, from a variety of perspectives, one of the earliest and most celebrated paintings in the history of European art. In her lucid analysis, Linda Seidel considers this famous double portrait as social record, legal document, material object, and poetic fiction. Each chapter of her study represents a distinct mode of inquiry and each situates the painting within a different discursive tradition. In this way, Seidel explores a variety of historical practices - marital, economic and artisanal, to cite only a few - to illuminate the portrait's painted narrative. Among the issues that Seidel contemplates are the painting's status as authenticating sign, the significance of the female subject, and the painting's "after-life" as touchstone for later artists and writers. Through the implementation of a variety of interpretive strategies and in consultation with different types and categories of information, Stories of an Icon informs the viewer about the function and nature of early European painting, and invites the reader to reflect on the many ways in which works of art can be examined and reconfigured centuries after their creation.".
- catalog description "Prologue: Self-Inscription -- 1. The Burdens of Matrimony -- 2. The Business of Painting -- 3. The Power of Sight -- 4. Poetic Fictions -- Epilogue: Founder's Heritage.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 308 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521431255".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge [England] ; New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "759.9493 20".
- catalog subject "Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440. Wedding portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and Jeanne Cenami.".
- catalog subject "Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440.".
- catalog subject "ND1329.E93 W44 1993".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue: Self-Inscription -- 1. The Burdens of Matrimony -- 2. The Business of Painting -- 3. The Power of Sight -- 4. Poetic Fictions -- Epilogue: Founder's Heritage.".
- catalog title "Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini portrait : stories of an icon / Linda Seidel.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".