Consider Jan van Eyck's painting Arnolfini Double Portrait. ...

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Consider Jan van Eyck's painting Arnolfini Double Portrait. Discuss three symbols within it that reveal the possible iconography of the work. Then explain an alternate interpretation of the work relating to the meaning of the same objects.
 
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Question 2

Discuss the relationship between non-Western works of art that do not appear to represent conventional Western ideals of beauty and the form and content of those works. Discuss several examples of differences in culture or tradition that prove standards of beauty to be culturally specific rather than universal.
 
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Answer to Question 1

Symbols such as the dog, the shoes, the one candle, and the mirror have a cultural significance. In a contemporary era, those symbols would have other meanings, depending on the viewer's interpretation.

Answer to Question 2

Both Western art and non-Western art employed naturalistic and abstract styles. Cultural concepts that inform the standards of beauty can include aspects of spiritual and physical reality, social order, and commemoration of ancestors.