This scholar's approach to iconology argued for visual interpretation on three separate levels: natural, conventional, and intrinsic. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this art historian, who pioneered iconology along with Aby Warburg. This scholar wrote the 1953 book Early Netherlandish Painting.
ANSWER: Erwin Panofsky
[10e] In Early Netherlandish Painting, Panofsky argued that this painting constitutes a marriage contract. This painting by Jan van Eyck depicts a couple holding hands.
ANSWER: The Arnolfini Wedding [or The Arnolfini Portrait or The Arnolfini Marriage or Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife]
[10m] In 1964, Panofsky wrote about one of these animals "That Michelangelo Failed to Carve." An object named for this animal lies on the table in the right panel of the Merode Altarpiece.
ANSWER: mouse [or mousetrap ]
<Alexandra Hardwick , Art - Painting/Sculpture - Renaissance>