Pious Memories
The Wall-Mounted Memorial in the Burgundian Netherlands
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2015
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-28832-4 (ISBN)
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-28832-4 (ISBN)
In Pious Memories Douglas Brine examines the context, function, and meaning of early Netherlandish memorials (in the form of sculptures, paintings, and brasses), and the role they played in commemorating the dead in the Low Countries during the fifteenth century.
Wall-mounted memorials (or ‘epitaphs’) enjoyed great popularity across the Burgundian Netherlands. Usually installed in churches above graves, they combine images with inscriptions and take the form of sculpted reliefs, brass plaques, or panel paintings. They preserved the memory of the dead and reminded the living to pray for their souls. On occasions, renowned artists like Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden were closely involved in memorials’ creation.
In Pious Memories Douglas Brine examines the wall-mounted memorial as a distinct category of funerary monument and shows it to be a significant, if overlooked, aspect of fifteenth-century Netherlandish art. The patronage, functions, and meanings of these objects are considered in the context of contemporary commemorative practices and the culture of memoria.
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Brine received the 2015 Arthur Kingsley Porter Prize, for an earlier version of Chapter 5 of Pious Memories, his article, “Jan van Eyck, Canon Joris van der Paele, and the Art of Commemoration,” published in the September 2014 issue of The Art Bulletin.
Wall-mounted memorials (or ‘epitaphs’) enjoyed great popularity across the Burgundian Netherlands. Usually installed in churches above graves, they combine images with inscriptions and take the form of sculpted reliefs, brass plaques, or panel paintings. They preserved the memory of the dead and reminded the living to pray for their souls. On occasions, renowned artists like Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden were closely involved in memorials’ creation.
In Pious Memories Douglas Brine examines the wall-mounted memorial as a distinct category of funerary monument and shows it to be a significant, if overlooked, aspect of fifteenth-century Netherlandish art. The patronage, functions, and meanings of these objects are considered in the context of contemporary commemorative practices and the culture of memoria.
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Brine received the 2015 Arthur Kingsley Porter Prize, for an earlier version of Chapter 5 of Pious Memories, his article, “Jan van Eyck, Canon Joris van der Paele, and the Art of Commemoration,” published in the September 2014 issue of The Art Bulletin.
Douglas Brine, Ph.D. (2006), Courtauld Institute, teaches at Trinity University, San Antonio (Texas). He has held fellowships at the Courtauld Institute and the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, and has published several articles on early Netherlandish art.
Contents
Acknowledgements ix
List of Figures xii
1 Introduction: The Wall-Mounted Memorial in the Burgundian Netherlands 1
2 Two Memorials to Two Seigneurs: Bauduin and Thierry de Hénin-Liétard 57
3 Commemorating the Canons of Saint-Omer 91
4 Commemorating the Canonesses of Nivelles 129
5 Jan van Eyck and the Virgin of Canon Joris van der Paele 179
6 Epilogue: The Wall-Mounted Memorial’s Sixteenth-Century Legacy 209
Appendix 229
Notes 245
Bibliography 273
Index 309
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.4.2015 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Studies in Netherlandish Art and Cultural History ; 13 |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 245 mm |
| Gewicht | 1027 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum | |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-28832-5 / 9004288325 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-28832-4 / 9789004288324 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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