Art in FocusChapter 17:
Fifteenth-Century Art in Northern EuropeWeb Links
| Jan van Eyck | | Read an in-depth biography of the man who, in the 1400s, brought the use of oil paint to new heights. No one before Jan van Eyck had exploited the medium in quite the same way. Imagine you could go back in time and meet van Eyck. What would you ask him about his innovative use of oil? How do you think he would respond?
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http://metalab.unc.edu/louvre/paint/auth/eyck
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| Northern European Painting at the National Gallery of Art | | Explore the collection at the National Gallery of Art and get a closer look at the art of Rogier van der Weyden, Dirck Bouts, and others. If you were going to publish an art book, which four or five works of art from this Web site would you include to emphasize the spirit of Netherlandish painting in the 1400s?
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http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/euro15.shtm
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