Full Description
This book clarifies the historical premises of the achievement of Hubert and Jan van Eyck. It helps to assess what we know about their style and to chart the course of those ensuing developments to constitute the main stream of the Early Netherlandish tradition.
Contents
Introduction THE POLARIZATION OF EUROPEAN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY PAINTING IN FOURTEENTH CENTURY, I I THE EARLY FIFTEENTH CENTURY AND THE "INTERNATIONAL STYLE", I I I SCULPTURE AND PANEL PAINTING ABOUT 1400; THE PROBLEM OF PAINTING: "sPIRITUALIA SUB METAPHORIS CORPORALIUM", VI "ARS NOVA"; THE MASTER OF FLEMALLE, VI I JAN VAN EYCK, vI I I HUBERT AND/ OR JAN VAN EYCK; THE
