Flemish Painting
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket visible — interior title page shown. Page Condition: Slight yellowing/aging consistent with age.
A landmark survey of one of Western art's most celebrated traditions, Flemish Painting by Pierre Courthion presents a richly illustrated journey through the golden age of Flemish art, accompanied by 46 colour plates. Courthion chronicles the lives and masterworks of the great Flemish masters — from the revolutionary realism of the Van Eyck brothers to the luminous grandeur of Rubens — illuminating how this small northern region produced some of the most technically brilliant and emotionally resonant paintings in history. Written with the authority of a seasoned art historian, the text details the social, religious, and cultural forces that shaped Flemish artistic identity across several centuries. This volume argues that Flemish painting represents not merely a regional tradition but a pivotal chapter in the broader story of European art, one whose influence on portraiture, still life, and landscape painting continues to resonate to this day.
Author: Pierre Courthion
Format: Hardback
Published: 1958, Thames and Hudson
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket visible — interior title page shown. Page Condition: Slight yellowing/aging consistent with age.
A landmark survey of one of Western art's most celebrated traditions, Flemish Painting by Pierre Courthion presents a richly illustrated journey through the golden age of Flemish art, accompanied by 46 colour plates. Courthion chronicles the lives and masterworks of the great Flemish masters — from the revolutionary realism of the Van Eyck brothers to the luminous grandeur of Rubens — illuminating how this small northern region produced some of the most technically brilliant and emotionally resonant paintings in history. Written with the authority of a seasoned art historian, the text details the social, religious, and cultural forces that shaped Flemish artistic identity across several centuries. This volume argues that Flemish painting represents not merely a regional tradition but a pivotal chapter in the broader story of European art, one whose influence on portraiture, still life, and landscape painting continues to resonate to this day.