, Brepols, 2024 Hardback, 350 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:5 b/w, 139 col., Language: English. ISBN 9782503611235.
Summary This book examines the production, patronage, and use of sculptures made in the Low Countries between 1400 and 1600. Two questions frame the book: 'Why did Sculpture from the Low countries matter' and 'Why will Sculpture from the Low Countries matter for future research'. Answers to these questions will be offered in a coherent and richly illustrated study which considers Sculpture as a pivotal subject field within Art Historical discourse. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Julie Beckers and Hannah De Moor Introduction Ethan Matt Kavaler Chapter 1: Use and Function of Sculpture Accommodating Altarpieces: The Impact of Circumstantial Factors on the Design of Altar Decorations in Medieval Churches Justin Kroesen Working Sculpture: The Forms and Functions of Netherlandish Brass Lecterns Douglas Brine The Church's a Stage: Late Medieval Altarpieces as Part of an Ever-Changing Environment Wendy Wauters The Stem of a Once Ornate Fountain: The Use of a Table Fountain Fragment at Museum Mayer Van den Bergh in Antwerp Julie Beckers Chapter 2: Patronage of Sculpture Patronage Jeffrey Chipps Smith Noble Expectations of Memorial Sculpture: Commissioning the Jauche Monuments in Brugelette (c. 1527-1573) Ruben Suykerbuyk The Chapel Space and Interiority in the Ringsaker Altarpiece Lynn F. Jacobs Prestige and Display: Noble Patronage of Sculpture in the Low Countries Elizabeth Rice Mattison Chapter 3: Production and Workshop Continuity and Discontinuity in the Sculpture Workshop Practice Aleksandra Lipi?ska The Leuven Connection: A New Look at the Social and Artisanal Network of Leuven Late Gothic Sculptors (c. 1475-1525) Marjan Debaene Te maken ende te leveren: The Transport of Netherlandish Carved Altarpieces Hannah De Moor Epilogue: Seeing Sculpture Stephanie Porras