Jan Van Eyck Quarterly Project by Evan Pierri https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z en-us 2023-10-09 13:25:09 UTC 2023-10-12 13:57:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Who was Jan Van Eyck epierri27_ https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2738181721 Jan Van Eyck has no set date of his birth, yet historians believe that he was born around the year 1390. He recorded many pieces of work in the years that he was 30 years old.]]> 2023-10-09 13:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2738181721 epierri27_ https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2738184501 2023-10-09 13:35:28 UTC https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2738184501 What Were his Works of Art? epierri27_ https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2738200431 Jan van Eyck has 9 paintings signed and he has dated 10. Some of his works of art are as follows.

Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife, 1434

The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, 1432

Léal Souvenir (or Timotheus or Portrait of a Man), 1432

Cathedral of St. Bavon in Ghent, 1432

]]> 2023-10-09 13:45:19 UTC https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2738200431 epierri27_ https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2738206286 2023-10-09 13:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2738206286 epierri27_ https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2738207057 2023-10-09 13:49:47 UTC https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2738207057 epierri27_ https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2738210207 2023-10-09 13:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2738210207 Development epierri27_ https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2738218164 Even though Jan van Eyck did not make paintings for the longest time, he changed his art style from heavy realism, to sort of a pictorial style of art. ]]> 2023-10-09 13:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2738218164 epierri27_ https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2739974070 His brother Hubert van Eyck was his biggest mentor during the time, it is why what happened with his style of art. From realism, to pictorial. They worked together on many paintings and left a few incomplete.]]> 2023-10-10 13:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2739974070 Works Cited epierri27_ https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2743636400 2023-10-12 13:26:36 UTC https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2743636400 Innovation epierri27_ https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2743650908 Jan van Eyck was also known for his invention of tempera, which is a paint created from eggs.
He also innovated the use of oil paints as well, which was already used before.
He created and innovated the use of realism throughout his life, and through the middle ages his impact lived on.]]> 2023-10-12 13:34:47 UTC https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2743650908 Death epierri27_ https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2743665222 Jan van Eyck has no set time of death, he has believed to have died around the time of July , 1441. and lived til he was around 50 years old. He had many unfinished works of art left in his estate, that was inherited by his younger brother, Lambert van Eyck. Some were finished by his pupil's and others were left unfinished. 
There was no official way of how he died, such as old age or illness. It is a mystery that may never be solved.]]> 2023-10-12 13:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2743665222 epierri27_ https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2743669434 2023-10-12 13:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/epierri27_/hjujufi88ytmei8z/wish/2743669434