http://www.artsz.org/painting-interpretation-years/ Art Explained and Made Simple Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:55:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.artsz.org/painting-interpretation-years/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Barbara Andolsek Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:32:43 +0000 http://www.artsz.org/?p=327#comment-160 Hi, this is a wonderful site and am rather surprised to see your article on the Arnolfini painting by van Eyck. One of the art shows on Direct TV had quite a lively discussion on this particular painting with many suggestions of the mysterious symbolism literally all over, from the mirrored image (are they the witnesses to the marriage? including us looking at the painting?). This person went on to say that so many women died in childbirth it might be a kind of documentation of her life. There were many other thoughts from lots of other 'authorities' on the subject, but it's so fascinating to go back in time, not knowing the facts, and discovering things here and there. Just wondering about it is fun. Thanks for the great information, look forward to reading more... Hi, this is a wonderful site and am rather surprised to see your article on the Arnolfini painting by van Eyck. One of the art shows on Direct TV had quite a lively discussion on this particular painting with many suggestions of the mysterious symbolism literally all over, from the mirrored image (are they the witnesses to the marriage? including us looking at the painting?). This person went on to say that so many women died in childbirth it might be a kind of documentation of her life. There were many other thoughts from lots of other ‘authorities’ on the subject, but it’s so fascinating to go back in time, not knowing the facts, and discovering things here and there. Just wondering about it is fun. Thanks for the great information, look forward to reading more…

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