The carved wooden altarpieces produced in the South Netherlands from the late fourteenth- to the mid-sixteenth centuries are among the most lavish and splendid examples of late medieval art. Though currently one of the least known and appreciated types of Netherlandish art, such altarpieces were the most common form of decoration on the high altars of churches in the Lowlands during the late Gothic period. Exported in huge numbers throughout much of Europe, these retables include high distinctive visual and iconographic ...
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The carved wooden altarpieces produced in the South Netherlands from the late fourteenth- to the mid-sixteenth centuries are among the most lavish and splendid examples of late medieval art. Though currently one of the least known and appreciated types of Netherlandish art, such altarpieces were the most common form of decoration on the high altars of churches in the Lowlands during the late Gothic period. Exported in huge numbers throughout much of Europe, these retables include high distinctive visual and iconographic features. These detailed narratives and masterful combinations of painting, sculpture, and architectural decoration powerfully express religious tastes and aesthetics of the late medieval period. This study also demonstrates how these works, despite their large size and complexity, were often sold on the open market, thus providing evidence of the expanding capitalistic orientation of the Netherlandish art market at the end of the middle ages.
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Add this copy of Early Netherlandish Carved Altarpieces, 1380-1550: to cart. $400.00, very good condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Cambridge University Press.
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Book. Large Octavo, 352 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine blue-gray, brown, and black with tan lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Minor shelf wear to dust jacket. Light wear to edges and corners of boards. Textblock clean. Shelved in Case 11. 1378114. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Add this copy of Early Netherlandisch Carved Altarpieces, 1380-1550: to cart. $472.50, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Cambridge University Press.
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VG (Boards have extremely light edgewear; interior is clear, aside from some black smudging ifc at the hinge; pages are clean; binding is solid. ). VG (DJ has mile edgewear) Black boards with gilt lettering; blue/brown/grey DJ with photo illustration and white lettering; XV, 351 pp.; richly illustrated, primarily in black & white. "Between about 1380 and 1550, carved wooden altarpieces became a major art industry in the South Netherlands. Richly gilded and lavishly polychromed, these works consist of a sculpted center and painted wings, usually showing narrative cycles of the lives of Christ and Mary. This is the first full-scale study of these works. It examines the late medieval aesthetic and religious tastes that these altarpieces were designed to satisfy, and the proto-modern methods used to mass market these works."--DJ.
