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Prayers and Portraits: Unfolding the Netherlandish Diptych

Door John Oliver - and others Hand

Categorie	Schilderkunst
Boeknummer	#395266-KL37
Titel	Prayers and Portraits: Unfolding the Netherlandish Diptych
Auteur	Hand, John Oliver - and others
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Yale University Press
Jaar van uitgave	2006
ISBN10	0300121555
ISBN13	9780300121551
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original blind stamped black cloth, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, numerous illustrations in colour, large 4to.
Samenvatting	The diptych format - comprising two panels hinged together so that they can be opened and closed like a book - was prevalent in Netherlandish art and depicted subjects ranging from secular portraiture to religious personages and stories. This illustrated book, the first ever devoted to the topic, examines approximately forty pairs of Netherlandish paintings from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Featuring magnificent works by Jan van Eyck, Hugo van der Goes, Hans Memling, and Rogier van der Weyden, among others, the book also covers a wide range of themes, including painting techniques, workshop practice, and the art market in the Netherlands of the time. With discussions on each painting, Prayers and Portraits reunites a number of diptychs that have long been separated. Texts conside... (Lees verder)r the works in relation to contemporary writings and religious practices in northern Europe as well as developments in art and history. They offer invaluable insights into the social status and aspirations of the sitters. They also incorporate new information based on extensive examinations, primary research, and a vast archive of original technical images. Many of these supporting images are reproduced here, including x-radiographs, infrared reflectogram assemblies, digital photographs, and cross sections of paint layers. A detailed appendix at the back of the book provides a complete record of the documentation and analysis of the paintings examined for this project. This publication gives readers an opportunity to study these beautiful and intriguing works of art and enhances understanding and appreciation for the diptych format in the context of fifteenth-and sixteenth-century Netherlandish culture.
Pagina's	364
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 50,00

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