The Arnolfini Portrait By Jan Van Eyck

The Subjective Side of the Art
The art is various in its manifestations. The style and topics of human paintings differ trough ages. The social taste and the need to sell the pictures influence the style of artists and thus the certain styles are being created and followed. The style inherent to the epoch can be seen through a comparison of pictures made in the certain time, by the different artists. The personal style of an artist also plays a significant role in the creation of the masterpiece. The time reevaluates the painting in the eyes of the new society, making it priceless piece of art, or, to the contrary, a relic of the past that is famous only due to its being old. Some artists gain fame only after death while some are famous during their lives. This variety of factors make it possible to assume: the art is subjective. My art timeline would be bound by such highly subjective topic as the personal preference. The chosen arts meet one certain criterion - a personal taste. In discussing this topic, I would raise the issue of the diverseness of human taste and its indifference to the specific art …show more content…
Let alone the exquisite and highly realistic style inherent to the epoch, bound with the types of faces, untypical for our ages, painting holds a composition that consists of the multiple levels. Such approach allows composing the described event from the variety of angles at once. At the same time, the abundance of details allows to presume many important things about the social state of the couple drawn on it, while symbols indirectly describe the situation between depicted people . For example, it can be indirectly stated that the members of the couple are unequal – the oath is made while holding the left hand, the woman is probably pregnant – not so much due to the specific dress, but also due to the symbol of spirit-protector of mothers to be that is also present on the