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A presentation and exploration of the work of Hans Memling, a fifteenth-century Belgian painter.
Little is known of Memling’s life. It is surmised that he was a German by descent but the definite fact of his life is that he painted at Bruges, sharing with the van Eycks, who had also worked in that city, the honour of being the leading artists of the so-called ‘School of Bruges’. He carried on their method of painting, and added to it a quality of gentle sentiment. In his case, as in theirs, Flemish art, founded upon local conditions and embodying purely local ideals, reached its fullest expression.
"Divided into three parts. The first is a comprehensive biographical essay incorporating the latest research and including a history of the appreciation of the artist's work. The second ... is a complete illustrated catalogue of Memling's oeuvre, arranged chronologically. Each work is reproduced in ... color with revealing details and is fully described and annotated. The third section is an analytical review of Memling's achievement, approached from historical, iconographic, stylistic, technical, and aesthetic perspectives ... 500 illustrations, including 300 plates in full color"--Dustjacket.
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Concise explanatory texts and dozens of high-quality illustrations bring to life the splendour, infinite variety and exceptional eloquence of the Hans Memling paintings in Bruges. The genius of this most famous of all Flemish Primitives, simultaneously a master of tradition and a brilliant innovator, is revealed in often surprising detail. Text in English, Dutch, German and French. Also available: The Flemish Primitives ISBN 9789074377294
Bringing together the scattered elements of Hans Memling's extraordinary Triptych of Jan Crabbe from New York, Vicenza and Bruges, this book is published to coincide with the first museum exhibition to explore the reconstructed masterpiece in context.
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