Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art / Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 67
Subtitle: Netherlandish Sculpture of the 16th Century
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9789004360730
Subjects: Sculpture, netherlands; Sculpture, gothic; Sculpture, renaissance; Sculpture, history
Description: "One of the principal arts in the Low Countries during the 16th century, sculpture was an important vehicle for supporting the social, religious and political interests of the church, the court, the cities and the nobility. The period saw the transition from an exuberant Gothic to a classicizing Renaissance style, a transformation in which sculpture assumed a leading role. In addition, statues were central to the cult of saints and commonly triggered iconophobia, which flared so spectacularly in the Beeldenstorm of 1566 and later riots. The essays in this volume cover a wide range of sculptural forms in the Low Countries, such as choir stalls, sacrament houses, carved altarpieces, funerary monuments, mantelpieces and small-scale cabinet sculptures. Issues of function, meaning, patronage and reception are central to these contributions, offering the most complete and accurate overview of the subject to date." -- Publisher's description.