Occasionally a publication elicits envy for its scholarly scope and depth:  Imitation and Illusion, beautifully illustrated, is such a book. Applied brocade is a very specific technique of [...] Read More

In this beautifully illustrated volume, Châtelet surveys the work of Jan van Eyck, while distinguishing it from his less known brother Hubert. Although there is not enough evidence to indicate who [...] Read More

For anyone who has stood before Rogier van der Weyden’s Depositionin the Prado, the notion that the painting – with its hyper-realistic details and emotional intensity – is inherently iconoclastic [...] Read More

Despite the popularity of the triptych format in early Netherlandish painting, it has received too little attention. Hopefully, Jacobs’s magnificent book will renew interest and encourage greater [...] Read More

In recent years, the number of libraries, both large and small, that have made their collections of illuminated manuscripts available via the internet and published catalogues has grown exponentially. [...] Read More

Hanno Wijsman’s remarkable work addresses three themes: the “supply and demand” for illustrated manuscripts; “the relationship between … manuscript[s] and … printed book[s];” and “developments in book [...] Read More