Les van Eyck
Subtitle: maîtres constructeurs du Temple de la Sagesse
By: Alexis Curvers ; chapitres inédits assemblés et présentés par A.M. Garant
Contributors: Garant, A. M.
Publisher: CEFAL
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Liège
Language: fre
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9782871302735
Copyright date: 2009
Description: This posthumous work develops the hypothesis of Jean Lejeune who saw in the painting of the Madonna and Child with Chancellor Rolin a panorama of Liège and a portrait of its prince, Jean de Bavière. Van Eyck was in effect in his service before working for Philippe le Bon. He was beginning his career in Liège. Rather than a rich chancellor we might see here a monarch thanking heaven for allowing him to suppress one of a number of populist Liège revolts. Curvers develops this thesis and discovers a symbolism in which the brothers Van Eyck created subtle correspondances between Liège and the promised land.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.