Netherlandish sculpture of the 16th century: Zestiende-eeuwse beeldhouwkunst uit de Nederlanden

Abstract

"One of the principal arts in the Low Countries during the 16th century, sculpture was an important vehicle for supporting the social, religious and political interests of the church, the court, the cities and the nobility. The period saw the transition from an exuberant Gothic to a classicizing Renaissance style, a transformation in which sculpture assumed a leading role. In addition, statues were central to the cult of saints and commonly triggered iconophobia, which flared so spectacularly in the Beeldenstorm of 1566 and later riots. The essays in this volume cover a wide range of sculptural forms in the Low Countries, such as choir stalls, sacrament houses, carved altarpieces, funerary monuments, mantelpieces and small-scale cabinet sculptures. Issues of function, meaning, patronage and reception are central to these contributions, offering the most complete and accurate overview of the subject to date." -- Publisher's description.

Contents

Sixteenth-century Netherlandish sculpture: a recovery / Ethan Matt Kavaler -- The 'infinite variety' of Netherlandish carved altarpieces / Yao-Fen You -- Between contestation and re-invention: the Netherlandish altarpiece in turbulent times (c. 1530-1600) / Aleksandra Lipinska -- Towering piety: sacrament houses, local patronage and an early Counter-Reformation spirit in the Low Countries (1520-1566) / Ruben Suykerbuyk, Anne-Laure Van Bruaene -- The transi tomb and the genius of sixteenth-century Netherlandish funerary sculpture / Marissa Anne Bass -- Keeping body and soul together: sixteenth-century choir stalls in the Low Countries / Angela D. Glover -- Power and performance: the Bruges mantelpiece to Charles V / Ethan Matt Kavaler -- From ivory to pipeclay: the reproduction of late medieval sculpture in the Low Countries / Ingmar Reesing -- Paludanus, alabaster, and the erotic appeal of art in Antwerp / Giancarlo Fiorenza -- Cornelis Floris and the 'Floris school': authorship and reception around the Baltic, 1550-1600 / Kristoffer Neville -- Rethinking the 'Floris-Style': the sixteenth-century print album of Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, and his inspirational source for sculptural commissions / Cynthia Osiecki -- 'Touch will give your hand belief' : adultery, idolatry, and touching statuary in Netherlandish culture / Tianna Helena Uchacz.