Jan van Eyck
The Play of Realism
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228 pages
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Table of Contents
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Van Eyck’s Realism
3. The Artist’s Place at the Burgundian Court
4. An Italian Courtier’s Story
5. The Ecclesiastical Compact of a Secular Canon
6. Private Devotion in a Schismatic Church
7. The Function of Religious Belief for van Eyck
8. The Doctrine of Mary
9. The Sacrament of the Altar
10. The Patrons of Domestic Religious Imagery
11. The Confession of Chancellor Nicolas Rolin
12. Patronage by Burgundian Court Functionaries
13. Literary Sources for van Eyck’s Art
14. Physical Format and Verbal Inscription
15. A Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
16. Architectural Style and Sculptural Symbolism
17. Van Eyck’s Modern Icon
18. The Image and Experience of Pilgrimage
19. Pretence and Scepticism in the Fifteenth Century
20. A Different Perspective in the Ghent Altarpiece
21. The Interpretation of Early Netherlandish Painting
Bibliographic Commentary
Bibliography
List of Illustrations
Index
1. Introduction
2. Van Eyck’s Realism
3. The Artist’s Place at the Burgundian Court
4. An Italian Courtier’s Story
5. The Ecclesiastical Compact of a Secular Canon
6. Private Devotion in a Schismatic Church
7. The Function of Religious Belief for van Eyck
8. The Doctrine of Mary
9. The Sacrament of the Altar
10. The Patrons of Domestic Religious Imagery
11. The Confession of Chancellor Nicolas Rolin
12. Patronage by Burgundian Court Functionaries
13. Literary Sources for van Eyck’s Art
14. Physical Format and Verbal Inscription
15. A Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
16. Architectural Style and Sculptural Symbolism
17. Van Eyck’s Modern Icon
18. The Image and Experience of Pilgrimage
19. Pretence and Scepticism in the Fifteenth Century
20. A Different Perspective in the Ghent Altarpiece
21. The Interpretation of Early Netherlandish Painting
Bibliographic Commentary
Bibliography
List of Illustrations
Index
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