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
14th and 15th Centuries
Between Hell and Paradise: The Enigmatic World of Hieronymus Bosch
This book represents the first major exhibition catalog produced after the 2016 celebration of the 500th anniversary of Bosch’s death, which occasioned the publication of catalogs from exhibitions in [...] Read More
Harmony in Bright Colors: Memling’s God the Father with Singing and Music-Making Angels Restored
Based on the 2017 symposium organized to celebrate the culmination of the sixteen-year conservation of Hans Memling’s God the Father with Singing and Music-Making Angels (Royal Museum of Fine Arts, [...] Read More
Marie de Bourgogne: Figure, principat et postérité d’une duchesse tardo-médievale /Mary of Burgundy: ‘Persona’, Reign, and Legacy of a Late Medieval Duchess (Burgundica, 31)
The fame of the dukes of Burgundy has inspired numerous exhibitions, conferences, and monographs over the last century, yet the last of their line has only just begun to receive her due. While there [...] Read More
The Ghent Altarpiece. Research and Conservation of the Interior: The Lower Register (Contributions to the Study of the Flemish Primitives, 16)
The massive polyptych known as The Ghent Altarpiece (Ghent, Cathedral of Saint Bavo) is one of the key monuments in the history of art. Originally comprised of twelve panels including nineteen [...] Read More
Dissimilar Similitudes: Devotional Objects in Late Medieval Europe
In her latest book, Dissimilar Similitudes: Devotional Objects in Late Medieval Europe, Caroline Walker Bynum delves even deeper into the material world of the devotional object during the long Middle [...] Read More