Van Eyck to Gossaert: Towards a Northern Renaissance - Hardcover

Jones, Susan Frances

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857095057 ISBN 13: 9781857095050

Publisher: National Gallery London, 2011

Synopsis

Objects of beauty and prestige with their rich color and fine detail, early Netherlandish oil paintings were among the most widely sought-after works of the Renaissance. Beginning in the early 15th century with Jan van Eyck, and ending in the mid-16th century with the career of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, this magnificently illustrated book explores the achievements of this glorious and innovative period in Netherlandish painting.

Susan Frances Jones focuses on over 50 selected works from the National Gallery, London collection to illuminate the roles played by paintings in political, domestic, religious, and secular contexts. Drawing on the Gallery's remarkable research into materials and techniques, she describes how painters' working and creative practices changed and shifted over time. The author also considers whether Northern European artists, like some of their counterparts, laid claim to intellectual as well as artistic sophistication.

About this title

About the Author:

Susan Frances Jones is a former Assistant Curator at the National Gallery, London, and Old Master Society Fellow in the Department of European Painting at The Art Institute of Chicago.

About this edition

• Publisher: National Gallery London
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1857095057
• ISBN 13: 9781857095050
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144