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Prayers and portraits : unfolding the Netherlandish diptych / John Oliver Hand ; Catherine A Metzger ; Ron Spronk ; National Gallery of Art (U.S.) ; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Belgium)

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TextPublication details: Washington : National Gallery of Art ; Antwerp : Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten ; Cambridge : Harvard University Art Museums ; New Haven : Yale University Press , 2006Description: 339 p. : illus. ; 33 cmISBN:

9780300121551

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REF 759.9492 PRA

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Summary: The diptych format - comprising two panels hinged together so that they can be opened and closed like a book - was prevalent in Netherlandish art and depicted subjects ranging from secular portraiture to religious personages and stories. This illustrated book, the first ever devoted to the topic, examines approximately forty pairs of Netherlandish paintings from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Featuring magnificent works by Jan van Eyck, Hugo van der Goes, Hans Memling, and Rogier van der Weyden, among others, the book also covers a wide range of themes, including painting techniques, workshop practice, and the art market in the Netherlands of the time." "With discussions on each painting, Prayers and Portraits reunites a number of diptychs that have long been separated.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	Consulta / Referencia	REF 759.9492 PRA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		025513

Catalog of an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Nov. 12, 2006-Feb. 4, 2007 and at the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Mar. 3-May 27, 2007

Includes bibliographical references and index

The diptych format in Netherlandish painting -- Material and technical aspects of the Netherlandish diptych -- Catalogue.

The diptych format - comprising two panels hinged together so that they can be opened and closed like a book - was prevalent in Netherlandish art and depicted subjects ranging from secular portraiture to religious personages and stories. This illustrated book, the first ever devoted to the topic, examines approximately forty pairs of Netherlandish paintings from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Featuring magnificent works by Jan van Eyck, Hugo van der Goes, Hans Memling, and Rogier van der Weyden, among others, the book also covers a wide range of themes, including painting techniques, workshop practice, and the art market in the Netherlands of the time." "With discussions on each painting, Prayers and Portraits reunites a number of diptychs that have long been separated.

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