Essays in Context: Unfolding the Netherlandish DiptychJohn Oliver Hand, Ron Spronk With contributions by Marina Belozerskaya, Till-Holger Borchert, Lorne Campbell, Reindert Falkenburg, Ivan Gaskell, Laura D. Gelfand, Peter Klein, Maximiliaan P. J. Martens, Carol J. Purtle, Victor M. Schmidt, Hugo van der Velden, H l ne Verougstraete, and Yvonne Yiu. Published to accompany Prayers and Portraits (see above), this book features essays by leading scholars that explore a wide range of topics relating to 15th- and 16th-century Netherlandish diptychs. The text addresses the practical and social uses of the diptych, the history and origins of the format, and the philosophical issues related to the practice of researching these diptychs. It also analyzes the devotional function of these works in the context of contemporary texts and religious practices in northern Europe. |
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Annunciation Antwerp art historical artifact artist Baltic/Polish Bäumler Beaux-Arts Berlin books of hours Bruges Brussels Burgundy Carondelet Catherine of Valois chapel Christ Christiaan de Hondt Church commissioned Crucifixion depicted devotional diptychs devotional portrait diptych Duinen Dülberg Early Netherlandish Painting epitaph Erwin Panofsky Étienne Chevalier example Eyck's Virgin Eyckian fifteenth century figures Fouquet frame function Gabriel Gemäldegalerie Hans Memling hinged iconography illuminated inventory ivory Jan Gossaert Jan van Eyck John the Baptist kneeling late medieval left wing London Lorne Campbell Maarten van Nieuwenhove Margaret of Austria Mary Master of 1499 Memling Memling's Metzger Museum voor Schone National Gallery Netherlandish Diptych Netherlands original panel painting Panofsky Paris patron Petrus Christus pictorial plate Renaissance representation reverse right wing Robert Campin Rogier Saint Donatian Saint John sapwood rings Schone Kunsten Seven Sorrows Siciliano side siècle space Spronk supplicant tion triptych Velde viewer Virgin and Child Weyden