1st Edition
The Painted Triptychs of Fifteenth-Century Germany Case Studies of Blurred Boundaries
By Lynn F. Jacobs
Copyright 2022
306 Pages
by
Routledge
306 Pages
by
Routledge
306 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book presents four case studies that interrogate how German fifteenth-century painted triptychs engage with, and ultimately blur, various boundaries. Some of the boundaries are internal to the triptych format, for example, transgressed frames between narrative scenes on triptych interiors, or interconnections between imagery on triptych interiors and exteriors. Other blurred boundaries are... Read more
List of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. Framed Boundaries: Conrad von Soest and Early Fifteenth-Century Westphalian Triptychs, 2. Transparent Boundaries: Colour on the Exterior of German Fifteenth-Century Triptychs, 3. Regional Boundaries: Rogier van der Weyden's Columba Altarpiece and Cross-Influences Between the Netherlands and Cologne, 4. Spiritual Boundaries: The Master of the St. Bartholomew Altarpiece and the Border between Reality and Eternity, 5. Coda: The Triptych in the Age of Dürer, Bibliography, Index.
Biography
Lynn F. Jacobs is Distinguished Professor at the University of Arkansas. She has published numerous articles as well as three books: Early Netherlandish Carved Altarpieces, 1380-1550: Medieval Tastes and Mass Marketing; Opening Doors: The Early Netherlandish Triptych Reinterpreted; and Thresholds and Boundaries: Liminality in Netherlandish Art.
