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The Madonna of Chancellor Rolin
1. Introduction When you look at The Madonna of Chancellor Rolin, your eyes are directed not to the kneeling chancellor or to the Virgin and Child in the foreground but to the top third of the picture, directly toward the center, where a conspicuous island on a river interrupts the horizon. Although the chancellor occupies…
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La Virgen y la infanta
Una reflexión dialógica sobre Las Meninas de Diego Velázquez y La Virgen en una iglesia de Jan van Eyck Este ensayo propone una reflexión dialógica entre Las Meninas de Diego Velázquez y La Virgen en una iglesia de Jan van Eyck, explorando cómo dos obras—radicalmente distintas en escala, función y contexto histórico—presentan sorprendentes paralelismos tanto compositivos como conceptuales. A partir de una coincidencia…
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The Virgin and the Infanta
A Diologic Reflection on Velázquez’s Las Meninas and Van Eyck’s Madonna in a Church This essay offers a dialogic reflection on Diego Velázquez’s Las Meninas and Jan van Eyck’s Madonna in a Church, examining how two works—radically different in scale, function, and historical context—nonetheless exhibit striking compositional and conceptual parallels. Prompted by the accidental juxtaposition of postcard reproductions,…