Best of Boijmans - The Road to Van Eyck | ENG

The revolution that Jan van Eyck released on painting between 1422 and 1441 did not fall out of the blue. From 1380, artists started looking at the reality surrounding them and tried to incorporate what they saw into their works, interweaving it with traditional religious depictions.
In this video, curators Friso Lammertse (ex Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam) and Stephan Kermperdick (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin), give an introduction to the exhibition 'The Road to Van Eyck'. They discuss the innovations achieved by Jan van Eyck and sketch a picture of the art world during his formative years. The magnificent objects in gold and enamel, leather, wood, alabaster or oil paint on panel which the young Jan van Eyck saw, must have encouraged him to unleash his revolution.
This video was made on the occasion of the exhibition 'The Road to Van Eyck', on show in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen from 13 October 2012 to 10 February 2013.
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[@canadelarivera9994]

Thanks, this video has a lot more information than my history books!!!!

[@amandajstar]

The analysis of Van Eyck's painting approach near the end (8:47 on) is really fascinating and valuable to know.

[@JackCud]

What on earth is that map of England... I don't think the Thames comes in that far

[@dirk2518]

Jack in the low countries they gained a lot of land on the sea in the middle ages. Bruges was very close to the sea. The Netherlands maybe had half of the current size. Maybe the same thing happend in England?

[@BIZEB]

The animations are a freaking disgrace. The disparity between the greatest painter of all time and the images used to illustrate his history are just so depressing, I don't think "rolling inside his grave" is enough to describe it.

[@TheStraatjutter]

BIZEB , why ? they do not depict a biblical story or something higher of the like in the first place, to try and imitate him just to illustrate trade routes and other info would be more insensitive.