tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post353668649306200825..comments2023-06-23T04:38:20.987-04:00Comments on The Lighthouse Keeper: Insert Symbolism HereiShakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338336749549675273noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-68350703180423562462011-01-20T23:28:55.791-05:002011-01-20T23:28:55.791-05:00Hello - fascinating post! I see that you have favo...Hello - fascinating post! I see that you have favoured the traditional reading of Arnolfini Portrait. <br /><br />Are you familiar with the (relatively) recent research done by scholars at the Courtauld Institute of Art and assay of archival records particular to the Arnolfini's in Bruges? <br /><br />Also worth noting are the comparative iconographical analyses of paintings with a congruent composition - one of which you have briefly mentioned(by van der Weyden)<br /><br />The guts of the newer readings is that van Eyck shows a scene that a viewer in the 15th Century would recognise as an annunciation type motif - and that this is inextricably tied with the fact that Arnolfini's wife seems to have died in childbirth in the year before this painting is dated. Symbolic markers indicating this: scenes from the 'passion' on the wife's side pertain to death, the dragon carved into the bed(St Margaret was the patron saint of pregnant women, and her symbolic attribute was the dragon), and the snuffed out candle in the chandelier above her side only. The intact candle is on the side of the (alive and well) husband. <br /><br />Whichever reading one subscribes too, it is nontheless a fascinating work. <br /><br />Kind regards<br />H Niyazi<br />Three Pipe Problem<br />http://3pipe.netAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02091875643921165081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371303699062883647.post-62799171977533291462011-01-19T18:44:56.101-05:002011-01-19T18:44:56.101-05:00You truly have a great understanding of the painti...You truly have a great understanding of the paintings. I've learned a lot from this post! I'm sure you'll get an A for your class! xooxxooFashion Cappuccinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632387233768286769noreply@blogger.com