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Hof-, Staats- en Stadsceremonies/Court, State and City Ceremonies (Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek/Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art, vol. 49, 1998)

By Mark A. Meadow (ed.

Zwolle: Uitgeverij Waanders, 1998. 320 pp, 100 b&w illus. ISBN 90-400-9266-4

Review published November 2000

The Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek stands apart from the majority of art history periodicals by its policy of devising every issue around a single theme. Recent volumes devoted to a single [...] Read More

Bruges and the Renaissance: Memling to Pourbus

By Maximiliaan P. J. Martens, ed.

Cat. Exh. Memlingmuseum_Oud-Sint-Janshospitaal, Brugge. Ghent: Stichting Kunstboek/Ludion 1998. 319 pp, ISBN 90-5544-233-X (paper), 90-5544-234-8 (hardback); also available in Dutch, French and German

Review published November 2000

A second volume to the catalogue appears as: Maximiliaan P. J. Martens, ed., Bruges et la Renaissance. De Memling à Pourbus: Notices [Cat. Exh.] Ghent: Ludion/Flammarion Stichting Kunstboek, 1998. [...] Read More

Rubens and His Spanish Patrons

By Alexander Vergara

Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999. 278 pp, 86 b&w illus. ISBN 0-521-63245-5

Review published November 2000

Probably the most internationally active painter of his day, Rubens catered to the artistically-refined taste of the courts of England, France and Spain by providing individual works, often of a [...] Read More

Kunst in de Bank. een keuze van Rubens tot Magritte

By Arnout Balis and Piet Coessens

Antwerp: Mercatorfonds, 1997. 170 pp, 194 entries with col. illus. ISBN 90-6153-404-6 (hardcover), 90-6153-406-2 (softcover)

Review published May 2000

The book was published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, October 24, 1997 - January 4, 1998. The Belgian branch of the Paris bank Paribas (now [...] Read More

Titian and Rubens. Power, Politics and Style

By Hilliard T. Goldfarb, David Freedberg and Manuela B. Mena Marqués

Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1998. 102 pp, 7 col. pls, each essay with b&w illus. ISBN 0-9648475-4-X

Review published May 2000

This collection of essays was published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title, held at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, January 23 - April 26, 1998. On the occasion of the cleaning [...] Read More

Rembrandt’s Eyes

By Simon Schama

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. 750 pp, numerous illus., mostly in good colour, ISBN 0-679-40256-x

Review published May 2000

Incisive art criticism, many enlivening anecdotes, and excellent illustrations distinguish this book from other well-researched novels about Rembrandt (for example, by Van Loon, Schmitt, Mens, Mee, [...] Read More

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