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Borman : a family of Northern Renaissance sculptors /

'The Best Sculptor' is how Jan II Borman is described in a document dating from 1513. Ever since, Borman the man and his oeuvre are shrouded in mist. This late-medieval sculptor managed a busy workshop in Brussels, with commissions pouring in from religious institutions as well as from the...

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Main Authors: Debaene, Marjan (Author, Editor), Boodt, Ria de (Author), D'Hainaut-Zveny, Brigitte (Author), Dumortier, Claire (Author), Harris Levine, Adam (Author), Kavaler, Ethan Matt (Author), Lefftz, Michel (Author), Mercier, Emmanuelle (Author), Pegues, Emily (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Harvey Miller / Brepols, [2019]
Series:Studies in medieval and early Renaissance art history.
Subjects:
Borreman, Jan, > active 1479-1520 > Exhibitions.
Sculpture, Flemish > Exhibitions.
Borman (Family : active 15th-16th century) > Exhibitions.
Borreman, Jan, > active 1479-1520.
Sculpture, Flemish.
Borman, Jan, > der Ältere, > -1520.
Borman, Jan, > der Jüngere, > ca. Ende 15. Jh./Anfang 16. Jh.
Plastik.
Werkstatt.
Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
Table of Contents:
  • 'Die beste meester beeldesnydere..." : On the reception of the Borman phenomenon over time / Marjan DeBaene
  • Brabant, breeding ground of the Bormans : The historical context / Emile van Binnebeke
  • The shop floor of the Brussels sculptor : Craft organization and workshop practice around 1500 / Ria de Boodt
  • The facts about Borman : A survey of archival sources / Marjan DeBaene
  • Borman in biographical dictionaries and art-historical compendia / Marjan DeBaene
  • A sculptor's family of Leuven in Brussels and Antwerp : Some new information about the Bormans / Claire DuMortier
  • The death and rise of the Leuven late gothic sculpture centre / Marjan DeBaene
  • The creative identity of the Bormans : A stylistic approach / Michel Lefftz
  • Jan Borman the story-teller / Ethan Matt Kavaler
  • Meaning and potency : On the role of figural sculpture in late-medieval cities / Brigitte d'Hainaut-Zveny
  • Bormanesque reliquary busts in imperial Spain : Tracing a peninsular phenomenon / Adam Harris Levine
  • Reliquary busts of Saint Ursula companions from the Borman workshop : Construction technique and attribution / Emilio Ruiz de Arcaute Martínez
  • The Borman workshop : Techniques used in their polychrome stauary and altarpieces / Emmanuelle Mercier
  • Borman and bronze : Carving for casting / Emily Pegues
  • Summary catalogue of the Borman dynasty and workshop / Michel Lefftz and Marjan DeBaene.