Diane Wolfthal's In and Out of the Marital Bed; Seeing Sex in Renaissance Europe is a fascinating examination of a subject that, until recently, has been taboo in mainstream art-historical [...] Read More
14th and 15th Centuries
Virtual Pilgrimages in the Convent: Imagining Jerusalem in the Late Middle Ages (Disciplina Monastica 8. Studies on Medieval Monastic Life; Études sur la Vie Monastique au Moyen Age)
When going on a long journey to a distant place, it is helpful to have an experienced guide. Dante had his Virgil; travelers on the Grand Tour had their Baedekers. Religious women of the late middle [...] Read More
Hugo van der Goes and the Procedures of Art and Salvation ( Harvey Miller Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History, 49)
Scholarly attention to Hugo van der Goes has increased in recent years, and the present book, a revised and expanded version of the author's 1999 doctoral dissertation written at Columbia University, [...] Read More
Martin Schongauer. Maler und Kupferstecher
Schongauer scholars should be forewarned: despite its ample visuals, this tome definitely is not a life-and-works monograph, like the exemplary 2004 study by Stephan Kemperdick. Instead, as a [...] Read More
Wahrheit und Mythos – Bernt Notke und die Stockholmer St.-Georgs-Gruppe. Studien zu einem Hauptwerk niederländischer Bildschnitzerei
Just over a century ago the German-educated Swedish art historian Johnny Roosval attributed the famous sculpture in the Church of St. Nicholas in Stockholm of St. George Slaying the Dragon to the [...] Read More
Van Eyck to Dürer. Early Netherlandish Painting & Central Europe 1430-1530
“Make no small plans,” proclaimed architect Daniel Burnham, and he proceeded to develop the master plan for the city of Chicago. That could be the watchword for Till-Holger Borchert; his massive [...] Read More