For much of the later Middle Ages and Early Modern period, alabaster was often the material of choice for sculptors in various European centers, creating works ranging from the intimate to the [...] Read More
14th and 15th Centuries
Jean Bellegambe (c. 1470‒1535/36): Making, Meaning and Patronage of His Works
Anna Koopstra’s book, Jean Bellegambe (c. 1470‒1535/36): Making, Meaning and Patronage of His Works, is a helpful intervention, as the first published volume on this Douaisian painter since 1890. The [...] Read More
Images and Indulgences in Early Netherlandish Painting
Indulgences have had a bad press. Reviled as the epitome of Catholic greed and the lurid practice that sparked the Reformation, to this day they are cast in a negative light. This view overlooks the [...] Read More
Giusto di Gand e la Comunione del Duca d’Urbino
This welcome book by an established scholar of artistic relations between Urbino and the Netherlands is the first monograph on Justus of Ghent since Jacques Lavalleye’s of 1936. Since then, many [...] Read More
Tributes to Maryan W. Ainsworth: Collaborative Spirit: Essays on Northern European Art, 1350-1650
This marvelous Festschrift’s subtitle Collaborative Spirit captures one of the defining characteristics of Maryan Ainsworth’s celebrated career as a curator, teacher, and prolific scholar. The three [...] Read More
Early Colour Printing. German Renaissance Woodcuts at the British Museum
German printmakers of the early sixteenth century were the first to experiment with color printing, using multiple woodblocks for each tone to create composite images, often called “chiaroscuro [...] Read More