Jan van Eyck, Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife (oil on wood), Belgium,15th century (Renaissance): ANDDiego Velázquez:Las Meninas (oil on canvas), Spain, 17th century (Baroque): Compare and contrast...

ART-COMPARE AND CONTRAST
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INTRODUCTION
The Arnolfini Portrait, also known as The Arnolfini Wedding, It is on an oak panel. It is a full-length portrait of an Italian merchant named Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, who were likely living in the Flemish city of Bruges at the time.
A wealthy couple stands together in a room with lots of nice things. Their backs can be seen in the intricately carved mirror in the middle of the scene. People have made a lot of guesses about who the man and woman in the double portrait are. They were long thought to be Giovanni di Arrigo Arnolfini, an Italian merchant, and his wife, who lived in Bruges. The painting was called The Arnolfini Marriage.
The subject matter is purely domestic; it depicts a man and a woman holding hands inside, with...