In recent years – primarily inspired by the publication in 1997 of Edward Muir´s Ritual in Early Modern Europe – scholars have focused on the question of the role of rituals within a community and [...] Read More
Book Reviews
The Fool’s Journey. A Myth of Obsession in Northern Renaissance Art
The pronounced investment in the theme of folly exhibited by the visual culture of early modern northern Europe forms the subject of Yona Pinson’s new volume. Though the object of considerable [...] Read More
Three Books on Northern Altarpieces
Brigitte D’Hainaut-Zveny, Les retables d’autel gothiques sculptés dans les anciens Pays-Bas. Raisons, formes et usages. Brussels: Académie Royale de Belgique, Classe des Beaux-Arts, 2008. 437 pp, 50 [...] Read More
Cultural Exchange Between the Low Countries and Italy (1400-1600)
Following the 2004 CAA session “Cultural Exchange Between the Netherlands and Italy, 1400-1530”, Ingrid Alexander-Skipnes, broadening the scope of the subject, edited a fine selection of contributions [...] Read More
“Moult bons et notables”. L’enluminure tournaisienne à l’époque de Robert Campin (1380-1430) (Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts, vol. 17, Low Countries Series, 12)
In taking on the thorniest and most interesting questions associated with early Netherlandish art, there is the dramatic approach that aims to resolve an issue or serve as the final word, much like a [...] Read More
The Master of Flémalle and Rogier van der Weyden
Who doesn't love a great mystery? More important, who doesn't love trying to solve one? This is precisely what Stephan Kemperdick and Jochen Sander have set out to do in the exhibition "Der Meister [...] Read More