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The rich collection of the Groeninge Museum offers a survey of six centuries of art in the Low Countries, including works from Bosch and Van Eyck to Ensor and Magritte. The masterpieces are discussed in detail, interspersed with many theme texts offering fascinating background information. All this makes the guide an interesting and accessible introduction to art history too.
Brings together work by two great masters, Van Eyck and Dürer, along with work by their contemporaries to illustrate the interaction between Flemish and Central European artists in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
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Exegesis, as theologians and historians of art, religion, and literature, have come increasingly to acknowledge, has traditionally utilized visual devices of all kinds. This volume examines the many ways in which images functioned as instruments of scriptural hermeneutics in early modern Europe.
The European continent gathers together, without a doubt, the most famous works of art, evidence of the history of Western art. The cultural capitals and their emblematic museums contain paintings, sculptures, or rather works of art, devised by the great artists, representative of European culture. From Madrid to London, passing through Prague, the major works of the old continent are presented here. Thanks to detailed information about the museums and their collections, you, too, can explore and discover Europe’s fascinating cultural heritage.