Painting's needed to serve as useful and accurate historical documents, therefore has to appear realistic.
mathematics and science
Western criticism focuses on theory and the philosophy of art.
They both endorsed artists who were being overlooked or mocked at the time and helped make them famous later on.
A formal critique will describe why the critic liked or disliked a work of art.
Art critics can make or break the reputation of an artist
It represents an ancient star chart.
Michael Martinez
He was the first critic to use a philosophical approach to critiquing.
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Jan van Eyck has written:
'Jan van Eyck' -- subject(s): Art, Attribution, Catalogs, Expertising, Flemish Panel painting, Galleria sabauda (Turin, Italy), Panel painting, Flemish, Philadelphia Museum of Art
'Das Geheimnis des Jan van Eyck' -- subject(s): Exhibitions
'The Holy Lamb'
'Vlaamse miniaturen voor Van Eyck, ca. 1380-ca. 1420' -- subject(s): Exhibitions
the renaissance.
Do I like the artwork
Denis Diderot