Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden en de ontdekking van de wereld

by Jean Paul van Bendegem

In the 15th century, humanity discovered the world, and itself. That is the image that is presented in 'Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden and the Discovery of the World'. In this exhibition, contemporary scientists, historians, philosophers and publicists go in search of indications for this frame of mind in the forty or so Early Netherlandish paintings from the collections of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp and the Rijksmuseum Twenthe. Includes: Jan van Eyck in het land van Rembrandt; De mystieke blik van de 'fiamminghi' tussen Noord en Zuid; De Heilige Familie als Hoeksteen;...