This handsome collection catalogue provides in-depth studies of the paintings in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, by artists who were active before ca. 1475-80 in the Burgundian Netherlands and France. Its [...] Read More
14th and 15th Centuries
Speaking Sculptures in Late Medieval Europe: A Silent Rhetoric
The Lamentation Group in St. Anne’s Church in Augsburg is unusual in many respects. At the center, the haunting, almost levitating Christ confronts the audience with his emaciated body. The emotional [...] Read More
A Celestial Jerusalem in Bruges: The Adornes Estate and the Jerusalem Chapel
The year 2024 marked the 600th anniversary of the birth of the merchant and diplomat Anselm Adornes (1424-1483). Published to mark the occasion, the volume of essays under review here concerns the [...] Read More
Jan van Eyck within His Art
Reaktion Books’ Renaissance Lives series, which includes Alfred Acres’s Jan van Eyck within His Art, aims to “explore and illustrate the life histories and achievements of significant artists, [...] Read More
A Spectacle for a Spanish Princess: The Festive Entry of Joanna of Castile into Brussels (1496)
This volume, published by Brepols with the collaboration of CEEH (Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica), addresses an event known from only one primary source, the manuscript of The Festive Entry of [...] Read More
Fantasmagorie. Streghe, demoni e tentazioni nell’arte fiamminga e olandese del Seicento
The European fascination with the various manifestations of witches, demons and evil temptations seems endless; it generated a flourishing production of imagery that was supported by literary culture. [...] Read More