This volume addresses the interchange between what is often described as the native or vernacular tradition in Antwerp and the foreign or classical one as it was imported into that city. This [...] Read More
Book Reviews
Spectacle, Rhetoric and Power: The Triumphal Entry of Prince Philip of Spain into Antwerp (Ludus: Medieval and Early Renaissance Theatre and Drama 11)
Spectacle, Rhetoric and Power by Stijn Bussels is certainly a valuable, praiseworthy contribution to the growing literature on Netherlandish festivals. It offers a thorough monographic study of the [...] Read More
Albrecht Bouts (1451/55 – 1549) (Contributions à l’étude des Primitifs flamands 10)
In her revised monograph on the work of Dieric Bouts (2005), Catheline Périer D’Ieteren pointed to the importance of the artist’s two sons, Dieric the Younger and Albrecht, in the development of their [...] Read More
‘Ung bon ouvrier nommé Marquet Caussin’. Peinture et enluminure en Hainaut avant Simon Marmion
Ung bon ouvrier, the preluding title of this monograph (elegantly recalling two earlier books by the same author, De fin or et d’azur, 2001, and Moult bons et notables, 2007), might be just as [...] Read More
Renaissance Gothic: Architecture and the Arts in Northern Europe 1470-1540
It is always a cause for celebration when a book forces you to look at even familiar works of art with new appreciation. Renaissance Gothic is a remarkably stimulating analysis of architectural [...] Read More
Saintly Brides and Bridegrooms: The Mystic Marriage in Northern Renaissance Art (Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History, 70)
Although mystical experiences, by definition, are beyond the capacity of words and images, this did not discourage late medieval authors and artists from describing them. In this book, Muir discusses [...] Read More