Eyck jan van biography books
Jan van Eyck
February 21, 2020
This is the second time I read this book. Like the other Taschen books I have read it is an excellent read and purchase. Taschen offers an excellent series. For about €10,- these compact editions offer high quality illustrations and the authors chosen for the monographies are reputed in their field.
I picked this up again because I am soon traveling to Ghent to visit what promises to be an unforgettable exhibition. With half of the polyptych The Ghent Altarpiece, by the brothers Hugo and Jan van Eyck, restored, the organizers (I gather the MSK and St Bavo cathedral) have succeeded in gathering together about half of Jan Van Eyck’s works (around twenty are authenticated) for a few months as well as other complementary artworks and documents. Unfortunately, the altarpiece is shown partly in the museum (restored sections) and partly in the church for which it was commissioned (as yet unrestored sections with the exception of the Adoration of the Lamb
This is the second time I read this book. Like the other Taschen books I have read it is an excellent read and purchase. Taschen offers an excellent series. For about €10,- these compact editions offer high quality illustrations and the authors chosen for the monographies are reputed in their field.
I picked this up again because I am soon traveling to Ghent to visit what promises to be an unforgettable exhibition. With half of the polyptych The Ghent Altarpiece, by the brothers Hugo and Jan van Eyck, restored, the organizers (I gather the MSK and St Bavo cathedral) have succeeded in gathering together about half of Jan Van Eyck’s works (around twenty are authenticated) for a few months as well as other complementary artworks and documents. Unfortunately, the altarpiece is shown partly in the museum (restored sections) and partly in the church for which it was commissioned (as yet unrestored sections with the exception of the Adoration of the Lamb