Similarities Between Van Eyck And Masaccio

The Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe brought a “revival” to the arts. A prosperous middle class arose and were able to purchase artist’s art work. Many of these pieces had religious themes, their style and creativity, made for more pieces to be created. All over Northern Europe artwork thrived. Within the 15th century both Masaccio and Van Eyck share great religious values of Christian faith within their paintings. The notion of God and saints is very noticeable because each artist has created their piece as so. Each painting has its own gender roles where they are giving us both masculinity and very little femininity while still allowing us to understand the story behind the painting. Between the two paintings we see and all the detail that they possess shows us that almost everything being portrayed carries great meaning and that no part of the painting is meaningless. Similar is color schemes, they share the colors red, brown and some blue. …show more content…
This wedding portrait displays artist Van Eyck’s love for detail displayed within his work. First we can assume that Arnolfini’s is wealthy, being that he wears a big fur coat and a very large hat. His hands represent loyalty and faithfulness by the way they are placed. This is giving the assumption that Arnolfini and his wife were sworn before two other witnesses. In the mirror you can see two other people, one person noted in red and the other which is said to be Van Eyck in blue as a witness. Van Eyck wrote; "Van Eyck was here" and dated the event on the back wall right above the