Some books are more necessary than others. This English re-edition of Aleksandra Lipinska’s study on Southern Netherlandish alabasters most definitely fills an important gap in the research on Flemish [...] Read More
16th Century
Art on Paper: Ephemeral Art in the Low Countries. The Triumphal Entry of the Archdukes Albert and Isabella into Antwerp, 1599
Art on Paper by Tamar Cholcman is based on the author’s 2006 dissertation. Its study of ephemeral art in the Low Countries uses one book, the 1602 festival book by Johannes Bochius, Historica [...] Read More
Bartholomeus Spranger: Splendor and Eroticism in Imperial Prague
Bartholomeus Spranger (1546–1611), who is best known for his depictions of amorous couples in impossible positions – if he is remembered by the general public at all – created his own Mannerist [...] Read More
Pleasure and Piety. The Art of Joachim Wtewael
The exhibition dedicated to Joachim Wtewael in Utrecht, Washington and Houston richly illuminates this painter’s work, including surprisingly great differences in scale and subject. Wtewael’s reduced [...] Read More
Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Fall of the Rebel Angels. Art, Knowledge and Politics on the Eve of the Dutch Revolt
Museum dossier publications on single artists or single artworks hold a special place on the library shelves of Netherlandish art scholars. After Louvre publications set an early standard, the [...] Read More
Death, Torture, and the Broken Body in European Art, 1300-1650 (Visual Culture in Early Modernity)
Conference volumes devoted to big themes in cultural history offer three kinds of opportunities for creating coherence. They may seek, like German Beiträge, to add important new case studies, [...] Read More