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Of course, as Carol Purtle long ago pointed out, a Van Eyck painting accommodates more than one level of meaning, so that Neuner's emphasis need not exclude other themes, but one might think that in her interpretation, there is a danger of peripheral imagery overhwhelming more central and crucial themes.

Justice & mercy: the patron of Jan Van Eyck's Dresden Triptych: the identity of the patron portrayed in this celebrated masterpiece continues to elude scholars. Is he a crusader, a devotee of the Sacred Heart, or even Van Eyck himself? Peter Heath suggests that the triptych's little-noticed emphasis on justice is a major clue

* The Poetry of Drawing continues at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery until May 15, and Van Eyck to Gossaert closes at the National Gallery on May 30

Painting a picture of humanity; Richard Edmonds looks at two books that provide different artistic interpretations of the human form

L., 'The first naturalistic drawings of the Moon: Jan Van Eyck and the art of observation', J.

A note on the first telescopic depiction of the moon by Thomas Harriot (1560-1621)

The second chapter, on Van Eyck's Van der Paele Virgin and Child, claims that painterly reflexivity allows Van Eyck to push the limits of visual and spiritual representation.

Bret L. Rothstein. Sight and Spirituality in Early Netherlandish Painting

This optimism is offset by the fact that two of the iconic buildings--Le Corbusier's La Tourette and van Eyck's orphanage--have been converted to different uses.

Nathaniel Coleman. Utopias and Architecture

Joker Jake Mangel-Wurzel was flummoxed when The Diary revealed that his portrait was painted by Flemish artist Jan Van Eyck in the 15th century and now hangs in a cathedral in Ghent, Belgium.

Can you rival time-traveller Jake?

Now, by Hans Hemmling and by John Van Eyck, You'll find, till something's new, I write no more.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti and the old masters

In his adoption of trompe l'oeil, Memling probably followed Van Eyck and Petrus Christus.

The many faces of Memling

Lawrence Weschler's lucid description of David Hockney's insights into painting ["Vanishing Point," Folio, June] emphasizes the indirect use of optics: "Even just to see [a projection] was to use it." Although the optical evidence shows that some artists (including Van Eyck and Caravaggio) made notational marks directly from portions of projected images, simply seeing a two-dimensional projection in the fifteenth century was transformative.

Eye for an eye

Each book in the series focuses on the style, techniques, and influences of great painters, including Georgia O'Keeffe, Pablo Picaso, Frida Kahlo, Jan van Eyck, and Paul Gauguin.

Introduction to artists through exciting literature

Stork's analysis of the chandelier in "Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife" by Jan van Eyck rests on the axiom that its arms are precisely identical.

For art's sake. (Letters)