Recto and Verso: The Pictorial Fronts and the Marbled Reverses of Two Flemish Panel Paintings

From the first third of the 15th century onwards, panel paintings with marbled reverses increasingly appeared in Flemish art. The fronts of these panels primarily depicted religious narrative scenes or portraits. The backs were decorated with an abstract pattern, referred to as marbling. These painted marble facsimiles often differed in terms of design from other examples of stone imitations such as those used on the frame decorations of other panels. Unlike these frames, which suggest a greater illusionistic intention, the marbled reverses appear to function as abstract ornamentation. However... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Kathrin Borgers
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Reihe/Periodikum: Arts, Vol 11, Iss 10, p 10 (2022)
Verlag/Hrsg.: MDPI AG
Schlagwörter: Rogier van der Weyden / Jan van Eyck / marble-imitation / reverse / metaphysics / prima materia / Arts in general / NX1-820
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.3390/arts11010010