In her important new book, Angela Vanhaelen argues that seventeenth-century Dutch church interior paintings address a particular moment in history – one of transition – in which the Dutch attempted to [...] Read More
Book Reviews
Art and Science in the Early Modern Netherlands (Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek / Netherlands Yearbook for the History of Art 61, 2011)
Volume 61 of the NKJ is devoted to “Art and Science in the Early Modern Netherlands,” focusing upon topics from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In the Introduction, the editors stress that [...] Read More
Erasmus Quellinus (1607-1678): In de voetsporen van Rubens
We are accustomed to large museums of international reputation attracting visitors with exhibitions of artists with “big” names. It is therefore all the more refreshing to see a different approach [...] Read More
Jordaens 1593-1678. La Gloire d’Anvers
All those fortunate enough to have visited the wonderful Jordaens exhibition at the Petit Palais, Paris, will agree that its impressive design formed an important statement in the ongoing reappraisal [...] Read More
Art, Music, and Spectacle in the Age of Rubens. The Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi
Most multi-media spectacles of the early modern period, especially with a performance component, have been lost to history. Among the most lavish of these, dating back to the Burgundian dukes in the [...] Read More
The Low Countries at the Crossroads. Netherlandish Architecture as an Export Product in Early Modern Europe (1480-1680) (Architectura Moderna 8)
This publication honors a promise: most immediately, it keeps the promise made to the research institutions that have supported the project over many years (VNC - Vlaams Nederlands Comité, NWO – [...] Read More