Late Medieval Early Ren Portraiture

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Summary

TLDREste video presenta un análisis de dos retratos de artistas renacentistas, explorando cómo cada uno captura la esencia de sus sujetos y cómo estos se presentan al mundo. Se abordan los objetivos del retrato: la memorialización y la representación del individuo. El retrato femenino, de Roger van der Weyden, refleja cualidades como timidez y elegancia, mientras que el autorretrato de Jan van Eyck exhibe confianza y profundidad. Se examinan elementos formales, como la composición y el uso del color, y cómo estos influyen en la percepción del carácter del sujeto. También se discute la diferencia en el tratamiento de la belleza entre géneros y el impacto de los medios, especialmente la pintura al óleo, en la representación de los detalles.

Takeaways

  • 🎨 Comparación de dos artistas del Renacimiento.
  • 🖼️ Un retrato puede recordar y definir al sujeto.
  • 👩‍🎨 La imagen femenina se retrata como reservada y pía.
  • 🧔 El retrato masculino muestra confianza y sabiduría.
  • 🔍 Importancia de los elementos formales en el arte.
  • 🎨 El uso de la pintura al óleo permite gran detalle.
  • 📊 Las diferencias de género en la representación artística.
  • ✨ Elementos como línea y color afectan la percepción.
  • 📏 Composición equilibrada genera calma.
  • 🔍 Detalles minuciosos muestran la destreza del artista.

Timeline

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    En esta sección, se introducen dos artistas, Yan vanik y Roger Vanderwien, cuyos retratos se han estudiado. Se discuten los objetivos de la retratística, que son recordar a un individuo y retratar la personalidad de la persona. Se destaca que estos objetivos son relevantes tanto en el siglo XV como en la actualidad. Se plantea la idea de que los retratos no solo capturan la apariencia de la persona, sino que también cuentan una historia sobre cómo quieren ser percibidos. Se empieza a analizar el retrato de Roger Vanderwien, centrándose en los detalles que revelan la identidad y el estatus social de la mujer retratada, así como los rasgos de personalidad que se pueden interpretar a partir de su postura y expresión. Se introduce el concepto de elementos formales en una pintura (línea, color, forma y composición) y se discuten cómo estos elementos impactan en el significado del retrato. Se destaca la composición equilibrada y calmada del retrato de la mujer, lo que contribuye a la impresión de estabilidad y serenidad que se quiere transmitir.

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Video Q&A

  • ¿Qué se estudia en el video?

    Se estudian dos obras de retratos, una de Roger van der Weyden y otra de Jan van Eyck.

  • ¿Cuáles son los objetivos del retrato?

    Los objetivos son recordar a un individuo y retratar cómo desea ser visto.

  • ¿Cómo se presenta la mujer en el retrato?

    La mujer se presenta como tímida, reservada y pía, con características que indican elegancia.

  • ¿Cómo se describe el retrato de Jan van Eyck?

    El retrato muestra una mirada directa y detallada, reflejando confianza y sabiduría.

  • ¿Qué elementos formales son importantes en el análisis?

    Los elementos como la composición, el color, y la línea son cruciales para transmitir el significado del retrato.

  • ¿Qué técnica se destaca en la pintura de van Eyck?

    Se destaca el uso de pintura al óleo para lograr detalles y efectos como la transparencia.

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    these images show two artists that we've
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    studied in the past on the left is Yan
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    vanik we studied his very detailed gent
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    alter piece and on the right is Roger
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    Vander wien uh we studied his deposition
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    is very theatrical deposition but we
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    want to look at these two Works um
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    because they are portraiture U
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    portraiture has really two goals number
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    one is to remember to memorialize to
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    commit memorate a particular individual
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    so you want to get the likeness of that
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    particular person but the second reason
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    for a portrait is to portray yourself in
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    a certain light um tell a certain story
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    about that particular individual how
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    they are sort of selling themselves to
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    the world and this is true in the 15th
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    century and it's certainly still true
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    today when you look at portraits or
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    pictures that you take um you are
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    capturing the likeness or remembering a
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    p a person or an event um but you can
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    also look at that portrait of someone
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    and tell a lot about their personality
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    and how they want the world um to see
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    them and view them um so let's look at
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    these two works of art um for how
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    exactly these individuals want to be
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    seen by the world and also the
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    difference between um the way women are
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    viewed and shown then their particular
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    personality traits that are brought
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    forth and and how that's different from
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    men all right let's look here on the
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    right hand side Roger vander's portrait
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    of a lady
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    um her identity is unknown but her
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    clothing reveals her status in society
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    of a noble rank a welltoo uh Flemish
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    family let's talk personality that
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    second part the second goal of
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    portraiture um she has clasped hands in
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    her portrait very tight sort of pursed
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    lips lower eyes um some personality
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    traits with the sort of story that this
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    portrait tells of a woman who is seen as
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    sort of shy maybe de pure
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    reserved Pious um elegant detached um we
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    can see all of that there and one thing
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    that I want to see also is that it's not
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    just the things that we see with the eye
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    like oh clasped hands probably mean that
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    she's devout or Pious she's could be in
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    prayer um shy demure um feminine
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    qualities like her downcast to eyes were
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    important at the time we can sort of see
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    that with the eye but I want to talk
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    about also the things that you may not
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    be aware of that are still working on
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    you this image and that is the formal
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    elements that the artist chooses the
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    formal elements in a painting are things
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    like the line the color the shape um how
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    it is designed or composed a composition
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    is also a formal element the artist has
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    to make all of these decisions about
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    those formal qualities what color what
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    kind of line what kind of light what
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    kind of composition to best portray a
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    particular meaning to the work and the
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    meaning is the content so the formal
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    elements are line shape and color and
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    that but the content is sort of the
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    meaning or the feeling that you get out
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    of the work so let's see how these kind
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    of come together um one thing I want you
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    to see is how the composition remember
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    that's how it is laid out sort of left
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    to right and top to bottom is very
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    balanced and very calm and very stable
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    so you see this sort of triangle that
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    comes up like this and comes down and
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    then the white down here creates sort of
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    a counterbalance to that and then her
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    face is placed like right in the center
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    so it's very sort of symmetrical that
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    means if you come down to the center the
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    left and right are nicely sort of
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    weighted this gives us a calm sort of
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    subdued feeling about the painting and
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    that's exactly what the sitter wants us
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    to see in this particular woman we
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    talked about composition with Dirk bouts
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    and and that sort of calming symmetrical
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    balance as well another way to think
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    about this is if you took her let's make
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    some changes in our mind let's say we
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    pushed her off to one side so that all
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    the weight was on this side but then her
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    glance was up here towards this side and
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    we changed the color not these calm
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    subdued colors but a lot sort of
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    brighter sort of intense color and then
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    same with the lighting really harsh
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    lighting maybe a you know Spotlight just
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    on her forehead and the rest being very
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    black um that would sort of change how
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    you view this woman um so those formal
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    elements have to be taken into account
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    and the one that comes out most readily
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    in this is that composition very calm
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    balanced and stable and so then we also
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    see her as likewise calm balanced and
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    stable and then you add to that downcast
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    eyes and clasped hands and you see seal
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    the deal um is really sort of knowing
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    something about how this woman wants to
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    be seen by the world in her portrait
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    let's look at our image by yon bik he's
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    called The Man in the red turban um the
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    the frame um is signed it says as
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    I some believe either it's him signing
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    the work or it could be a portrait a
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    self-portrait of of the artist himself
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    he's very different from our female view
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    um he straight out at the viewer sort of
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    this unflinching Gaze on like the female
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    version um where she puts her eyes down
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    he sort of is a little bit more emphatic
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    in the fact that he sort of confronts us
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    it gives us a different feeling that
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    second part of portraiture that story
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    that he's selling is very confident and
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    very secure confident in his stature in
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    society another thing to notice is the
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    amount of detail while our female
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    version is very sort of um is sort of
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    whitewashed a little bit more generic
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    you don't see every little flaw in our
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    version of yan vanik you get every
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    single line around his C crows feed that
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    he's got here um that sort of idea of
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    Age and and wisdom looking this close um
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    also reminds us too of the uh importance
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    of oil paint um you can see if you could
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    zoom in even more a reflection of the
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    artist studio in his eyeball that's the
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    kind of detail a minute fine level of
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    detail you wouldn't get get with another
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    medium um also in his beard you can see
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    every little hair that sort of comes out
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    of his chin here another use of oil
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    paint great use of oil paint is um the
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    veil that you see here how you can see
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    right through it to her forehead that's
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    a use of glazing we talked about that
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    use of glaze the sort of sheer effect
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    without real deep pigment shows that
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    versatility um a deep dark opaque color
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    to that sort of veiled effect um again
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    she has a very different standard of
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    beauty when we look at the image of
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    Beyond bik every little flaw is sort of
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    shown we see his sort of age that comes
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    out um and his sort of forthrightness um
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    she is um very much part of the sort of
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    style of the day um it was popular for
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    women at the time to pluck their
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    forehead a very high forehead sort of
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    Regal so we see of course that here as
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    well so different sort of level of
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    beauty and importance and that sort of
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    grooming compared to yon Ben here um so
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    the importance of this again the roles
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    of portraiture um and then uh also the
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    great use of oil paint and seeing the
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    the possibilities of that Medium as well
Tags
  • retratos
  • Roger van der Weyden
  • Jan van Eyck
  • pintura al óleo
  • arte renacentista
  • composición
  • género
  • belleza
  • características
  • exposición del individuo