This beautiful, lavishly produced book of the twenty-seven drawings by Adam Elsheimer (1578-1610) does not accompany an exhibition; rather it pays homage to this artist from Frankfurt, who died young [...] Read More
Book Reviews
Das Königreich am Dreikönigstag. Eine historisch-empirische Ritualstudie
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
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