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Kein Tag wie jeder andere. Fest und Vergnügen in der niederländischen Kunst, ca. 1520-1630

By Silke Gatenbröcker and Andreas W. Vetter, eds.

[Cat. exh. Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig, September 12 - December 8, 2002.] Braunschweig: Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, 2002. 143 pp, 16 plates, 16 figs., 36 cat. illus. ISBN 3-922279-56-2

Review published April 2003

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

Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence

By Thomas P. Campbell

With contributions by Maryan W. Ainsworth, Rotraud Bauer, Pascal-François Bertrand, Iain Buchanan, Elizabeth Cleland, Guy Delmarcel, Nello Forti Grazzini, Maria Hennel-Bernasikowa, Lorraine Karafel, Lucia Meoni, Cecilia Paredes, Hillie Smit, and Andrea Stockhammer. [Cat. exh. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 12 - June 19, 2002.] New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. 594 pp, 228 figures, many in color, with many additional color and b&w illus. ISBN 1-58839-021-7; Yale: 1-300-09370-5

Review published April 2003

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

Jean Prévost: Le Maître de Moulins

By Albert Châtelet

With a contribution by J. R. J. van Asperen de Boer, Paris: Gallimard, 2001. 207 pp, 87 color, 27 b&w illus. ISBN 2-07-011685-9

Review published April 2003

Albert Châtelet's goal in this book is clear from its title: to identify the Master of Moulins, named after a triptych of the Virgin and Child Adored by Angels with Saints and Donors in Moulins [...] Read More

Jérôme Bosch

By Roger Van Schoute and Monique Verboomen

Tournai: La Renaissance du Livre, 2000. 234 pp, numerous color reproductions and b&w illus. (unnumbered), ISBN 2-8046-0544-2

Review published April 2003

The product of a sensitive reassessment of Hieronymus Bosch - and not a little frustration over the general state of scholarship on the artist - this book by Roger Van Schoute and Monique Verboomen is [...] Read More

Deutsche Gemälde im Städel 1300-1500

By Bodo Brinkmann and Stephan Kemperdick

Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 2002. 458 pp, ISBN 3-8053-2920-2

Review published April 2003

All of us readily acknowledge that the most important publications for scholars in both the museum and the academy are the comprehensive catalogues of permanent collections, though they seldom get the [...] Read More

Art in the Making: Underdrawings in Renaissance Paintings

By David Bomford, ed.

With contributions by Rachel Billinge, Lorne Campbell, Jill Dunkerton, Susan Foister, Jo Kirby, Carol Plazzotta, Ashok Roy, and Marika Spring. [Cat. exh. The National Gallery, London, October 30, 2002 - February 16, 2003.] London: The National Gallery, 2002. 192 pp, 305 illus., many in color, ISBN 1-85709-987-7

Review published April 2003

Underdrawings in Renaissance Paintings marks the fourth entry in the National Gallery's popular Art in the Making series. A joint project of the National Gallery's Scientific, Conservation, and [...] Read More

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