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An angled shot of a hardcover art book titled Flämische Meister: Von van Eyck bis Bruegel, set against a plain white background. The cover features a detailed painting from the Early Netherlandish period, depicting several religious figures with closed eyes, wearing ornate, jeweled crowns and rich vestments.
A hardcover art book titled Flämische Meister, Von van Eyck bis Bruegel, standing against a white background. The cover features a detail from a classical painting of several religious figures wearing elaborate, jewel-encrusted crowns and opulent robes.
The back of a reddish-brown book featuring a detail from a classical Flemish painting. The artwork shows a dense crowd of men with expressive, realistic faces, some bearded and wearing light-colored robes. The left side of the cover includes German text and a barcode.
An open art book on a white surface, displaying a two-page spread with details from a classical oil painting. The left page shows a close-up of two wooden pattens with black straps on a dark wood floor. The right page shows a dimly lit room with several oranges on the floor and one on a windowsill next to an open window.
An open art book laid flat, showing a two-page spread of a classical painting. The left page is a close-up of hands clasped in prayer over an old, ornate book. The right page shows a view past the person's shoulder to a landscape with a castle and a bridge.
An open art history book with German text, seen from an angle. The left-hand page features a reproduction of Pieter Bruegel the Elder's painting, Hunters in the Snow, depicting a winter landscape with hunters, dogs, and a snowy village.
An open art history book. The left page is a painting of a vast, muted seascape under a cloudy sky, with a large, dark billow of smoke or cloud and a small V-formation of birds flying low. The right page is the table of contents in German, with the heading INHALT and a list of chapters with page numbers.
A two-page spread from an art history book in German, pages 14 and 15, titled Die Malerei: Die Revolution des 15. Jahrhunderts. The pages feature text alongside three Northern Renaissance artworks: a portrait of Margaret of Austria, Rogier van der Weyden's The Descent from the Cross, and Jan van Eyck's Madonna of Chancellor Rolin.
An open art book displaying Jan van Eyck's 1434 painting, The Arnolfini Portrait. The artwork is on the right-hand page, opposite a page of German text. The painting depicts a man in a large black hat and a woman in a voluminous green dress holding hands in a detailed, richly furnished room with a small dog at their feet.
An art book page displaying two close-up details from an Early Renaissance painting. On the left, a woman's hand holds a red apple, with a baby's hand reaching toward it from the side. On the right is a detailed portrait of a woman's face with a serene, downward gaze, her light brown hair adorned with a jeweled band.
A page from a German art book showing the exterior panels of The Haywain Triptych by Hieronymus Bosch. The painting depicts an elderly pilgrim with a staff and a pack on his back walking through a perilous landscape. He is surrounded by scenes of worldly sin and danger, including robbers attacking a victim, a dog snarling at him, and skeletal remains on the ground.
A book page displaying two details from a surreal Hieronymus Bosch painting depicting a hellscape. On the left, a large, monstrous creature with a human head in a pink hood devours a person amidst a chaotic battle. On the right is a close-up of a nude figure hanging upside down from a thorny branch.
An open art book displaying Pieter Bruegel the Elder's 1563 painting, Mad Meg (Die Tolle Grete). The painting on the right page shows a chaotic, hellish landscape under a fiery red sky, filled with bizarre monsters and demons. An armored woman with a sword strides through the pandemonium, leading other women who are fighting and looting. The left page contains descriptive text in German.
A two-panel layout from an art book showing details of a surrealist painting. On the left, a close-up of a large, monstrous brown eye with a wooden plank and three small birds resting above it. On the right, a frog-like creature with a basket over its head climbs a ladder in a desolate, ochre-toned landscape.
A two-page spread from an art book. The left page contains German text about the artwork. The right page displays the painting Taufe Christi by Joachim Patinir, depicting the Baptism of Christ. John the Baptist baptizes a praying Jesus in a river, while God appears in the clouds above and the Holy Spirit descends as a dove. The scene is set in a vast landscape with rocky mountains and a winding river.
A diptych of two close-up details from classical oil paintings. On the left, a person's hand counts gold coins on a green table next to an ornate goblet, rings, and pearls. On the right, a still life shows an embossed metal plate and a single orange against a warm yellow wall.
An open book page displays text in German on the left and a painting on the right. The painting, Saint Mary Magdalene by Quinten Massijs, is in a thick, arched wooden frame and depicts a pensive young woman in Renaissance attire opening a white ointment jar. Behind her is a detailed landscape with buildings.
Flämische Meister
Von van Eyck bis Bruegel
€ 25.00
€ 40.00
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Designed by: Leen Depooter
March 2023, 280 Pages, 300 Photos
Hardcover
242mm x 300mm
ISBN: 978-3-7757-5413-2

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Occasionally, when something seems very familiar you lose sight of what makes it so special: Flemish Masters. From van Eyck to Bruegel sets out to counteract this effect and opens our eyes once again to the revolution that took place in the Low Countries in the 15th and 16th centuries that shaped the course of European art. In 48 lavishly illustrated analyses, Matthias Depoorter explores how painters such as Van Eyck, Van der Weiden, Massys, Bosch, and Bruegel reached unprecedented heights, and are rightfully considered innovators to this day.
The defining factor was the perfecting and mastery of the oil painting technique as well as the groundbreaking attention to optical lighting effects. The new technical possibilities offered a different way of looking at the world and ultimately a new way of painting. No less innovative was the level of detail. These painters were thoroughly acquainted with each other's work—this volume shows the fundamental artistic cross-fertilization. A must-read for anyone who wants to fall in love with the old masterpieces anew.

MATTHIAS DEPOORTER (*1980) is a writer and an art historian. He was one of the curators of the seminal exhibition Van Eyck. An Optical Revolution at the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent and coordinated the accompanying scholarly publication.
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