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On the first page of his famous book, Thomas More describes
Utopia as a Libellus vere aureas, a little true golden
book. This little book, published in Leuven in 1516, proved to become
one of the greatest works of socio-political analysis of all time; the
new spirit attached to More's work continues to inspire, and was equally
the inspiration for the collection of essays presented in this book. The
present volume contains the proceedings of the conference Imaging
Utopia: New Perspectives on Northern Renaissance Art. In this book,
several leading experts in the field of art history reflect on the theme
Imaging Utopia in diverse and inventive ways. The result of these
scholarly reflections is as varied as the theme itself and examines such
topics as the work by Quinten Massys in the context of his relation with
Erasmus and More, the Utopian construction of the Prince Bishop's Palace
of Liège, and City Portraits in religious iconography. A number of
entries discuss the art technical research on the important
sixteenth-century Enclosed Gardens of Mechelen.
