One of the wonderful things about exhibition catalogues in Europe is their combination of seriousness and scope. America is so obsessed with blockbuster exhibitions and mega-catalogues to accompany [...] Read More
16th Century
Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence
This catalogue of the Metropolitan Museum's splendid exhibiti on Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence (March 12 - June 19, 2002) presents a major study of a spectacular and important [...] Read More
Jörg Breu the Elder. Art, Culture, and Belief in Reformation Augsburg
Although a relatively unfamiliar and little studied artist, Jörg Breu was a major figure in the leading economic center of Germany along with Dürer's Nuremberg. Breu presents many fascinating issues, [...] Read More
Three Volumes New Holstein: Schongauer, Amman, De Gheyn
Hollstein's German Engravings, Etchings, and Woodcuts 1400-1700; volume XLIX: Ludwig Schongauer to Martin Schongauer. Compiled by Lothar Schmitt, edited by Nicholas Stogdon. Rotterdam: Sound and [...] Read More
Hans Vredeman de Vries und die Renaissance im Norden
In today's world Hans Vredeman de Vries (Leeuwarden 1526 - Hamburg 1609) would probably be much in demand as an 'in-designer', but in his own day he enjoyed a more diverse reputation: as painter, [...] Read More
Brueghel Enterprises
Although there is no shortage of bibliography on the artist, public opinion has not been kind to Pieter Brueghel the Younger. From the time that Carel van Mander dismissed him in a sentence or two [...] Read More