Early Netherlandish Paintings

The so-called Flemish Primitives, a group of 15th-century painters from the Burgundian Netherlands, acquired their name in the 19th century. Among them were world-famous artists such as Rogier van der Weyden, Hans Memling, the brothers Van Eyck, and Hugo van der Goes. Their masterpieces, oil paintings minutely detailed in luminous colour, are a high point of Western European art, which, together with the Italian Renaissance paintings, laid foundations for modern art. This scholarly in-depth analysis focuses on the artistic, religious and social significance of their art, as well as how the paintings themselves were collected, evaluated and studied over the centuries.[-][-] [-][-]' the clearly written essays address crucial and current issues this is an efficient and essential study that seeks to integrate the form, content, and function of these paintings highly recommended - American Library Association[-][-] [-][-][-] written by a truly all-star cast of authors this book is both authoritative and readable, concise yet engaged with the essentials: artists, works, history of interpretation, and current methodologies. It should make for a splendid teaching tool - The Art Book [-]

This is the first volume of a series of scholarly catalogues on Flemish paintings from the Szepmuveszeti Muzeum in Budapest. ?Written by Dr Susan Urbach - emeritus curator of the museum and renowned scholar of Northern Renaissance Art - with the assistance of curator Agota Varga and picture-conservator Andras Fay, the catalogue includes extensive entries and bibliographical references on 49 works dating from c. 1460 to c. 1540. The volume covers about a third of the entire collection of Flemish Painting from the 15th century through to the 17th and includes the latest results of scholarly research and technical analysis.