FAH102H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Arnolfini, Straw Plaiting
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Arnolfini portarit by jan van eyck, is a very famous oil painting painted in the early. This painting portrays couple"s wedding where arnolfini and his wife, giovanna. Cenami are standing in front of the bed holding hands together. Through the invention of oil paining, eyck illustrated delicateness and soft texture of the painting, augmenting the delightful atmosphere of the marriage. Given its secular nature, the picture is filled with the disguised symbolism where the natural world contains the spirit world so completely that the two actually become one just like arnolfini and his wife become one in their betrothal. In this infamous painting, his scrupulous attention to the lines, colour and space establishes many methodological paradigms including iconography, marxism and feminism, thereby reinforcing the motifs and symbols of the sacred marriage. Eyck visually emphasized texture and colour using lines and chiaroscuro to highlight the realism of the art piece through oil-painting.
