FILE: 08_Marriage of Arnolfini_Van Eyck.jpg

TITLE: Marriage of Arnolfini by Van Eyck - N.Renaissance

DESCRIPTION: Flemish painter Jan Ven Eyck. Marriage portrait (serves as marriage certificate). Example of move toward SECULARISM and ICONOGRAPHY: 1. One candle lit in chandalier: eye of God 2.Shoes are off: custome when entering holy ground. Sacrament of marriage is holy. 3.Gold oranges: immortality 4.Dog: Fido/fidelity 4.Mirror: convex mirror has self portrait of Van Eyck who was present at the ceremony 5. Writing above mirror: "Jan Van Eyck made this."