Title: Early Netherlandish carved altarpieces, 1380-1550
First published: 1998
Description: Between about 1380 and 1550, carved wooden altarpieces became a major art industry in the South Netherlands. Richly gilded and lavishly polychromed, these works consist of a sculpted center and painted wings, usually showing narrative cycles of the lives of Christ and Mary. This is the first full-scale study of these works. It examines the late medieval aesthetic and religious tastes that these altarpieces were designed to satisfy, and the proto-modern methods used to mass market these works.
Subjects: Wood-carving, Flemish Altarpieces, Marketing, Wood-carving, Gothic, Altarpieces, Gothic, Gothic Altarpieces, Altarpieces, Flemish, Altarpieces
Places: Belgium, Flanders
LC classification: NB669.F5 J23 1998