Early Netherlandish painting, its origins and character / Erwin Panofsky [complete in two volumes]

Panofsky, Erwin (1892-1968)

1953, First Edition. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press. Very good library copies both in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed with age; edges somewhat dust-toned. Minor library marks remain internally. Remains a well-preserved set overall. Item #452557

Series; Charles Eliot Norton lectures ; 1947-1948. Physical description; complete in 2 volumes : plates, illustrations ; 32 cm. Contents; v. 1. Text. Introduction: The polarization of European fifteenth-century painting in Italy and the Lowlands ; French and Franco-Flemish book illumination in the fourteenth century ; The early fifteenth and the "international style" ; Sculpture and panel painting about 1400 ; The problem of Burgundy ; The regional schools of the Netherlands and their importance for the formation of the great masters ; Reality and symbol in early Flemish painting: "Spiritualia sub metaphoris corporalium" ; "Ars nova" ; The master of Flémalle ; Jan Van Eyck ; Hubert and/or Jan Van Eyck: the problems of the Ghent altarpiece and the Turin-Milan hours ; Roger Van Der Weyden ; Epilogue: The heritage of the founders -- v. 2. Plates. Subjects; Painting, Netherlandish. Eyck, Jan van (1390-1440). Eyck, Hubert van (1366-1426). Weyden, Rogier van der (1399 or 1400-1464).

Price: €100.00