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
Book Reviews
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
Landscape and Religion from Van Eyck to Rembrandt
As its title indicates, this book attempts to take a broader view at a much debated topic: the interpretation of landscape representations in northern Europe between ca. 1400 and 1670. Bakker is not [...] Read More
Trading Values in Early Modern Antwerp
Readers of this review need no introduction to the NKJ, which is still publishing important annual volumes on designated themes. This latest volume punningly plays on the term "values" to designate [...] Read More