Jan van Eyck, "Annunciation", c. 1430-35 | National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
At Van Eyck’s Optical Revolution, the Sublime meets the Spiritual
LONG READ | ‘Van Eyck. An Optical Revolution’ at the MSK Ghent is the largest exhibition of the Early Netherlandish pioneer Jan van Eyck, whose innovations with oil painting and realism enabled us to see the world like we had never seen before. But is there more in his sublime portrayal of reality? Rinald D’Souza reviews.