“Van Eyck and Analyzing Art in the Northern Renaissance” Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

• When looking at Van Eyck’s Arnolfini double portrait, what symbolic elements or features stand out to you? Explain your answer.
• Pretend you are having a portrait done of you and a significantother; describe the symbolic elements that you would want to haveincluded within the painting. Justify your response.

Explore

Jan Van Eyck’s Arnolfini Double Portrait

• Henry Sayre’s interpretation in Chapter 16, (pp. 548-551, Figs. 16.7-16.8); review Week 8 Music Folder
• Margaret Koster’s interpretation at http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Arnolfini+double+portrait%3A+a+simple+solution.-a0109131988

Week 8 Discussion Template: Please copy, fill in with your own research and words: Template for Week Discussion Please fill in each section with your summary of your research using your own words.

Pleasecopy and paste template: Fill in template, copy and paste toBlackboard (please no attachments are allowed in discussion area, thoseusing tablets or phones cannot open attachments, therefore unable toread or comment on your post.) Minimum of 125 Words

My interpretation of the Arnolfini painting is in agreement with . . .

There are only a few things to say here either you:

• Agree with Sayre that the portrait represents a wedding ceremony
• Agree with Koster that the portrait represents an engagement/betrothal ceremony
• The theory that the portrait is a memorial to Arnolofini’s dead wife

Be VERY clear which interpretation you believe, just use one of the above statements

Here’s why . . .

Discussin some detail WHY you made the interpretation you did, this should beat least 3 or 4 sentences and assess which parts of the painting suggestyour interpretation

Symbolism I see in the ‘Arnolfini Portrait’

There is a lot to discuss here, please assess several symbolic elements and then discuss what the symbolism is and why and whether or not you agree with it

Symbolic elements I would put in my own ‘me and my significant other portrait’

Please come up with a few items and then EXPLAIN why they are symbolic for you

Of course once you make your main post, please reply to at least 2 other student posts, thanks