Frame work : honour and ornament in Italian Renaissance art /

My husband Jan finished me on 17 June 1439. My age was 33 years." So speaks Margaret van Eyck from the frame of her portrait. This painted inscription honors its maker Jan van Eyck, even as it blurs the distinction between living subject and painted double. Frame Work, an in-depth study of pain...

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Main Author:	Wright, Alison, 1965- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Picture frames and framing > Italy. Borders, Ornamental (Decorative arts) > Italy. Wood-carving, Renaissance > Italy. Decoration and ornament, Renaissance. Art, Italian. Art, Renaissance > Italy.