Jan Gossaert's Renaissance Man, Myth and Sensual Pleasures

Alsteens, Stijn; Orenstein, Nadine M.; Campbell, Lorne; Kavaler, Ethan Matt; Klein, Peter; Schrader, Stephanie

ISBN 10: 0300166575 / ISBN 13: 9780300166576

Published by Yale University Press, 2010

About this Item

Minor edge wear to jacket. Else a bright, clean copy. Jan Gossart (ca. 1478-1532) was among the first Netherlandish artists to travel to Rome to make drawings after antique monuments and sculpture and then, upon his return, to introduce biblical and mythological subjects with erotic nude figures into the mainstream of Northern painting. Often credited with successfully assimilating Italian Renaissance style into the art of 16th-century northern Europe, Gossart is the pivotal old master who redirected the course of early Netherlandish art from the legacy of its founder, Jan van Eyck, toward a new style that would eventually lead to the great age of Peter Paul Rubens. Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures offers a much-needed comprehensive reappraisal of the artist's accomplishment-the first in 45 years. It is not only an exhibition catalogue but also a study of the artist's complete oeuvre as a painter, draftsman, and printmaker. The majority of the paintings in this volume have for the first time undergone rigorous technical examination. As a result, many problems relating to attributions, dating, versions, and copies have been clarified, and a fuller understanding has been obtained of the artist's working procedures. The text draws on these unprecedented technical investigations as well as on recent original scholarship concerning many issues not adequately examined in the past, such as Gossart's early career as a proponent of Antwerp Mannerism and the patronage of Philip of Burgundy (including a closer look at the erotic nature of court art). Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition Schedule: The Metropolitan Museum of Art(10/05/10-01/17/11) National Gallery, London(02/23/11-05/30/11). .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jan Gossaert's Renaissance Man, Myth and Sensual Pleasures
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300166575
• ISBN 13: 9780300166576
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 8 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Renaissance Art

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Synopsis

Jan Gossart (ca. 1478–1532) was among the first Netherlandish artists to travel to Rome to make drawings after antique monuments and sculpture and then, upon his return, to introduce biblical and mythological subjects with erotic nude figures into the mainstream of Northern painting. Often credited with successfully assimilating Italian Renaissance style into the art of 16th-century northern Europe, Gossart is the pivotal old master who redirected the course of early Netherlandish art from the legacy of its founder, Jan van Eyck, toward a new style that would eventually lead to the great age of Peter Paul Rubens.

Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures offers a much-needed comprehensive reappraisal of the artist’s accomplishment—the first in 45 years. It is not only an exhibition catalogue but also a study of the artist’s complete oeuvre as a painter, draftsman, and printmaker. The majority of the paintings in this volume have for the first time undergone rigorous technical examination. As a result, many problems relating to attributions, dating, versions, and copies have been clarified, and a fuller understanding has been obtained of the artist’s working procedures. The text draws on these unprecedented technical investigations as well as on recent original scholarship concerning many issues not adequately examined in the past, such as Gossart’s early career as a proponent of Antwerp Mannerism and the patronage of Philip of Burgundy (including a closer look at the erotic nature of court art).

Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Exhibition Schedule:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art(10/05/10-01/17/11)

National Gallery, London(02/23/11-05/30/11)

About the Author

Maryan W. Ainsworth is curator in the Department of European Paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.