Van Eyck
Jan van Eyck is considered to be the founder of the Early Renaissance style in the Northern Renaissance. It is believed that Eyck invented painting with oils. His paint is so transparent that his works have a unique, almost luminous sheen. So outstanding was his skill as an oil painter that the invention of the medium was at one time credited to him. Van Eyck exploited the qualities of oil as never before, building up layers of transparent glazes, thus giving him a surface on which to capture objects in the smallest detail and allowing for the preservation of his colors (Turner, 708). His naturalistic panel paintings, mostly portraits and religious subjects, made extensive use of disguised religious symbols. One of his magnificent religious paintings is the Annunciation. The Annunciation was done in the years 1434-1436. The medium, which was Eyck's favorite, is oil on canvas, transferred from panel. The size of this painting is 35 3/8 x 13 7/8". This painting can be found at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. The subject matter of this painting is history. This is a history painting because it depicts a scene from the Bible. The definition of annunciation is announcement. In the book of Luke 1:1-80, the a
One distinguished difference in the two paintings is that Van eyck used windows to represent God's presence and Pinturicchio used a human figure to represent his presence. Though it is impossible for the Annunciation to have occurred in a church because Christianity had not yet begun, Van Eyck modernizes the story to fit the audience of the Renaissance period. ngel Gabriel is announcing to the Virgin Mary that she will have a son sent from God. As a Christian symbol, it also denotes virginity and is pre-eminently the flower of the Virgin Mary. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David, and he will be king over Israel for ever; his reign shall never end'. They both send out the same message, but Van Eyck's is not as obvious as Pinturicchio's is. Similarly, Mary is also recreated as a Renaissance figure. Although angel Gabriel does not have a Halo on her head, Van Eyck uses a crown. "The archangel Gabriel was sent by God' to Mary. While her clothing is the traditional blue color, representative of her purity, her dress and hairstyle are updated to the normal dress of the 15th century women. This is used to show the connection of the Old Testament and the Annunciation to emphasize the importance of Jesus and his events in Biblical history. Underneath this window are three bright windows, which represent the Trinity of the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit, and of how Christ is the light of the world (Stockstad, 18). Four general comparisons between Jan Van Eyck's Annunciation and Pinturicchio's Annunciation are the dove, the Bible, the light that is sent from God to Mary, and the lilies. Gabriel announced to her that she was to give birth to a son, Jesus, who 'will be great, and will be called Son of the Most High. Gabriel is clothed more like a 15th century priest than a traditional angel.
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