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Author : Elisabeth Dhanens
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)
Download or read book Van Eyck: the Ghent Altarpiece written by Elisabeth Dhanens and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1973 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Schmidt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Ghent Altarpiece written by Peter Schmidt and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Noah Charney
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1586489240
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Stealing the Mystic Lamb written by Noah Charney and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece is on any art historian's list of the ten most important paintings ever made. Often referred to by the subject of its central panel, The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, it represents the fulcrum between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It is also the most frequently stolen artwork of all time. Since its completion in 1432, this twelve-panel oil painting has been looted in three different wars, burned, dismembered, forged, smuggled, illegally sold, censored, hidden, attacked by iconoclasts, hunted by the Nazis and Napoleon, used as a diplomatic tool, ransomed, rescued by Austrian double-agents, and stolen a total of thirteen times. In this fast-paced, real-life thriller, art historian Noah Charney unravels the stories of each of these thefts. In the process, he illuminates the whole fascinating history of art crime, and the psychological, ideological, religious, political, and social motivations that have led many men to covet this one masterpiece above all others.
Author : Noah Charney
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1586489240
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Stealing the Mystic Lamb written by Noah Charney and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece is on any art historian's list of the ten most important paintings ever made. Often referred to by the subject of its central panel, The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, it represents the fulcrum between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It is also the most frequently stolen artwork of all time. Since its completion in 1432, this twelve-panel oil painting has been looted in three different wars, burned, dismembered, forged, smuggled, illegally sold, censored, hidden, attacked by iconoclasts, hunted by the Nazis and Napoleon, used as a diplomatic tool, ransomed, rescued by Austrian double-agents, and stolen a total of thirteen times. In this fast-paced, real-life thriller, art historian Noah Charney unravels the stories of each of these thefts. In the process, he illuminates the whole fascinating history of art crime, and the psychological, ideological, religious, political, and social motivations that have led many men to covet this one masterpiece above all others.
Author : Till-Holger Borchert
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 050002345X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 ( download)
Download or read book Van Eyck written by Till-Holger Borchert and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning compilation of the work of Jan van Eyck, the master Flemish painter, is being published to coincide with a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition in Ghent. Flemish painter Jan van Eyck (1390–1441) towered above his contemporaries. With his unprecedented technique, scientific knowledge, and unparalleled powers of observation, Van Eyck lifted oil painting to previously unknown heights and helped determine the course of Western art. In 2020, the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent will host the largest ever exhibition of Van Eyck’s work. Van Eyck: An Optical Revolution includes artwork by Van Eyck, several pieces from his studio, and international masterpieces from the late Middle Ages while making the world of Van Eyck more tangible than ever. This tie-in exhibition catalog unravels some of the myths that surround Van Eyck and his techniques, while showing his complete oeuvre and influence in a new perspective. Including essays by leading experts from around the world, Van Eyck will prove to be an indispensable resource for Van Eyck fans and scholars alike.
Author : Maximiliaan P. J. Martens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789493039346
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (393 download)
Download or read book Van Eyck - The Ghent Altarpiece in Detail written by Maximiliaan P. J. Martens and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone seeing the altarpiece of the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb in Ghent's Cathedral of St Bavo for the first time, cannot help but be profoundly impressed by the splendour of what is incontestably one of the world's greatest masterpieces. But the informed viewer wants more than simply to be gripped by its profusion of colour and formal perfection. He or she will also be keen to learn more about the history of this work and to gain a better understanding of its contents. This is what this book offers, through a razor-sharp analysis of details from the Van Eyck brothers' masterpiece which often cannot be observed with the naked eye.0Details are accompanied by accessible commentary by Maximiliaan P.J. Martens and organised in six themes ? the Divine, humankind, nature, architecture, daily life and tactility.
Author : Danny Praet
Publisher : Hannibal
ISBN 13 : 9789492677976
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (779 download)
Download or read book Ghent Altarpiece written by Danny Praet and published by Hannibal. This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -Interdisciplinary approach to a major work in art history, offering new insights -Lavishly illustrated -Includes details that have come to light using state-of-the-art techniques during the restoration and conservation project that are not always visible to the naked eye The Ghent Altarpiece or the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, by the Van Eyck brothers (1432), is recognized worldwide as a great work of art, and one of the most influential paintings ever made. It was the world's first major oil painting, and it is laced with religious mysticism. The work almost reads like an A to Z of Christianity - from the Annunciation to the symbolic sacrifice of Christ, with the 'Mystic Lamb' on an altar in a heavenly meadow, bleeding into the Holy Grail. For the first time, this book gathers together diverse insights on the Ghent Altarpiece, the monumental poliptych that the brothers Hubert and Jan van Eyck realized with the assistance of a large workshop and advisers on the painting's subject matters. This book has the same aim: to bring together experts from the most diverse disciplines. Only by combining the perspectives of (art) historians, philosophers, religious studies scholars, mathematicians and specialists in optics can one fully understand the riches and depth of this masterpiece. Lavishly illustrated, including details that have come to light using state-of-the-art techniques during the current conservation project and are not always visible to the naked eye.
Author : Bart Fransen
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9782930054384
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (543 download)
Download or read book The Ghent Altarpiece written by Bart Fransen and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 2020 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The outer panels of the Ghent Altarpiece had been overpainted to a considerable extent. The virtuosity of the Eyckian technique and aesthetics remained hardly visible. And yet, this had never been observed before the start of the conservation treatment. By removing the overpaint, the tonal richness and the coherent rendering of light and space once again came to the fore. Especially the suggestion of volumes and the spaciousness of the ensemble gained strength because of the virtuoso play of deep shadows and bright light accents, and not in the least because of the surprising trompe-l'oeil effect of the frames conceived as a stone framework. Or to put it in the words of the comments of one of the experts, dr. Maryan Ainsworth: The paintings live and breathe again in the time of the Van Eyck brothers. The sharp observation skills, the quick, accurate execution, the knowledge, curiosity and ingenuity about all the things that are depicted, are now unveiled after centuries. The profit for the knowledge of and further research into the essence of Eyckian aesthetics is considerable. And finally there is the discovery that the much-discussed quatrain was applied simultaneously with the polychromy of the frames: a real 'coup de foudre' in the discourse of the current art-historical research! The subtleties of the Eyckian technique could also be mapped out in more detail. How the Van Eycks managed to keep the final result and the desired effect in mind during every phase of the execution, from imprimatura to finishing touch. The artists made a statement about the art of painting, giving 'technique' as such a new prominence. The Ghent Altarpiece may be understood at some point as a major showpiece for a highly sophisticated pictorial technique.
Author : Stephan Kemperdick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783731901464
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (14 download)
Download or read book The Ghent Altarpiece by the Brothers Van Eyck written by Stephan Kemperdick and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The monumental Ghent altarpiece by the brothers Van Eyck is undoubtedly considered one of the main works of European art history. Since its completion in 1432, the Ghent altarpiece has attracted attention and interest over centuries. It has been a model for other painters, it has been praised by writers, and it has been copied in natural size. This publication offers the first overall view of all aspects of the Ghent altarpiece from its establishment and preservation to its reception and lasting influence.
Author : Hélène Dubois
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782930054414
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (544 download)
Download or read book The Ghent Altarpiece written by Hélène Dubois and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ghent Altarpiece by Hubert and Jan van Eyck has always attracted both admiration and curiosity. Following the conservation of the paintings of the closed polyptych, it was the turn of those from the lower register of the open altarpiece - including the famous Adoration of the Lamb - to undergo a major research and conservation campaign by the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA, Brussels) between 2016 and 2020. The findings reflect those for the closed altarpiece: large areas of the panels were covered with overpaints, the vast majority dating from the 16th century. Their removal allows the Van Eycks brothers' paintings to be truly appreciated again. The three years that the conservators spent working on the panels enabled them to examine the paintings down to the smallest details. Interdisciplinary collaboration with laboratory scientists, art historians and imaging experts led to a series of discoveries - some anticipated in light of earlier research, others unexpected. The authenticity of the quatrain stating that Hubert had begun the work, that his brother Jan completed it and that it was presented in 1432, has been firmly established for some years now. New hypotheses are proposed here regarding the division of labour between the two Van Eyck brothers. The contribution of Hubert, who died in 1426, can finally be seen more clearly and is far from negligible. But the removal of overpaints has revealed non-Eyckian interventions too...
Author : Robert M. Edsel
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338251317
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (382 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History: The Story of the Monuments Men (Scholastic Focus) written by Robert M. Edsel and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert M. Edsel brings the story of his #1 NYT bestseller for adults The Monuments Men to young readers for the first time in this dynamic, narrative nonfiction project packed with photos. Robert M. Edsel, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Monuments Men, brings this story to young readers for the first time in a sweeping, dynamic adventure detailing history's greatest treasure hunt.As the most destructive war in history ravaged Europe, many of the world's most cherished cultural objects were in harm's way. The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History recounts the astonishing true story of 11 men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of Western civilization. As the war raged, these American and British volunteers -- museum curators, art scholars and educators, architects, archivists, and artists, known as the Monuments Men -- found themselves in a desperate race against time to locate and save the many priceless treasures and works of art stolen by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
Author : James Elkins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135879702
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)
Download or read book On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art written by James Elkins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-12-15 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can contemporary art say anything about spirituality? John Updike calls modern art "a religion assembled from the fragments of our daily life," but does that mean that contemporary art is spiritual? What might it mean to say that the art you make expresses your spiritual belief? On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art explores the curious disconnection between spirituality and current art. This book will enable you to walk into a museum and talk about the spirituality that is or is not visible in the art you see.
Author : Andrew Brown
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108318096
Total Pages : 796 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Medieval Bruges written by Andrew Brown and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruges was undoubtedly one of the most important cities in medieval Europe. Bringing together specialists from both archaeology and history, this 'total' history presents an integrated view of the city's history from its very beginnings, tracing its astonishing expansion through to its subsequent decline in the sixteenth century. The authors' analysis of its commercial growth, industrial production, socio-political changes, and cultural creativity is grounded in an understanding of the city's structure, its landscape and its built environment. More than just a biography of a city, this book places Bruges within a wider network of urban and rural development and its history in a comparative framework, thereby offering new insights into the nature of a metropolis.
Author : Milo Rau
Publisher : Verbrecher Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3957323665
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (573 download)
Download or read book Lam Gods / The Ghent Altarpiece written by Milo Rau and published by Verbrecher Verlag. This book was released on 2018-09-26 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text in Vlaams & English "De Gouden Boeken" zijn een samenwerking van NTGent met de Berlijnse uitgever Verbrecher Verlag. Het is een reeks met programmateksten over theater, esthetiek en politiek, en met achtergrondteksten over producties en projecten van NTGent. Een reeks over de theorie én de praktijk van een "stadstheater van de toekomst". "Lam Gods/The Ghent Altarpiece" is het tweede deel van deze reeks en verschijnt eind september 2018 naar aanleiding van de première van de door Milo Rau geregisseerde gelijknamige voorstelling bij NTGent, tevens de openingsproductie van zijn eerste seizoen als artistiek directeur van het gezelschap. Het boek verzamelt in het Nederlands en Engels materiaal en interviews rond Milo Rau's performatieve videoinstallatie waarmee hij het beroemdste schilderij in België, "Het Lam Gods" van de gebroeders Van Eyck uit 1432, naar het heden vertaalt. "The Golden Books" are a joint project by NTGent and the Berlin publisher Verbrecher Verlag. It is a series comprising programme articles on theatre, aesthetics and politics as well as background pieces on productions and projects by NTGent. A series on both the theory and the practice of a 'city theatre of the future'. "Lam Gods/The Ghent Altarpiece" is the second volume in this series. It is published end of September 2018 for the premiere of Milo Rau's theatre production "Lam Gods" to open his first season as artistic director of NTGent. The volume gathers – in Dutch and English – material, original texts as well as background-interviews about Milo Rau's production, a work between theatre and a performative video installation, with which he transposes the most famous painting of Belgium, the "Ghent Altarpiece" of the Van Eyck brothers from 1432, into the present.
Author : Ingrid Falque
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004397604
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Devotional Portraiture and Spiritual Experience in Early Netherlandish Painting written by Ingrid Falque and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: an interpretation of early Netherlandish paintings with devotional portraits according to which many of these images act as visualisation of the spiritual process of the sitters.
Author : Kevin Salatino
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 0892364173
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (923 download)
Download or read book Incendiary Art written by Kevin Salatino and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1998-01-15 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Festivities such as those exalting the court of Louis XIV, the celebration of James II's London coronation, and the commemoration of the peace celebrations of 1749 at The Hague culminated in dazzling pyrotechnical displays. These were in turn reproduced as prints, paintings, and narrative descriptions. This unique book examines the propagandistic and rhetorical functions these printed records came to serve as vehicles of aesthetic, cultural, and emotional significance.
Author : HARRY. DE PAEPE
Publisher : SelfMadeHero
ISBN 13 : 9781910593899
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (938 download)
Download or read book The Mystic Lamb written by HARRY. DE PAEPE and published by SelfMadeHero. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flemish painter Jan Van Eyck is one of Belgium's most significant artists, famous for his early contributions to the Northern Renaissance movement of the 15th century. His polyptych classic, the Ghent Altarpiece (or The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb), is considered a masterpiece of European art and one of the most influential paintings ever made. In The Mystic Lamb, the famous Flemish illustrator Jan Van der Veken and history professor Harry De Paepe, produce a series of works in honour of Van Eyck's coveted treasure. The book discusses Jan Van Eyck and explores why his paintings were so exceptional, as well as the robbery of two parts of the work in 1934, which was never resolved. This is an easy-to-read collection of interesting anecdotes alongside illustrations telling you everything you ever wanted to know about Jan Van Eyck and The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb.
