Enclosed gardens of Mechelen : late medieval paradise gardens revealed /
The Late Middle Ages saw the emergence in the Low Countries of a unique form of religious art that employed a diverse range of artefacts and memorabilia, Enclosed Gardens. These unique mixed-media objects represent an idealized spiritual and paradisiacal world. Aside from polychrome statuettes (poup...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the Dutch. |
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[Lichtervelde] : Amsterdam :
Hannibal ; Amsterdam University Press,
[2018].
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| Summary: | The Late Middle Ages saw the emergence in the Low Countries of a unique form of religious art that employed a diverse range of artefacts and memorabilia, Enclosed Gardens. These unique mixed-media objects represent an idealized spiritual and paradisiacal world. Aside from polychrome statuettes (poupées de Malines), the Gardens include silk flowers, metal pilgrim badges, wax medallions, relics, alabaster artefacts, parchment, paper and pipe clay. Finishing decorative touches include sequins, pearls and beads made of glass, bone coral and amber. In their entirety, each one is an extraordinary journey through a 'garden' of the imagination that can be opened or closed up with painted panels. The sixteenth-century Enclosed Gardens of Mechelen enjoy international recognition as unique creations and masterpieces. They are a special mixture of devotion, spirituality and artisan innovation. This precious collection is held at the Museum Hof van Busleyden in Mechelen. This book not only brings together knowledge about the Gardens' content and visual language, but also focuses attention on their particular physical features. Close-up photographs show artefacts never previously observed and help unravel our understanding of these historic mixedmedia works of art. This first complete overview of the Mechelen Enclosed Gardens is the result of years of international academic research. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in a Dutch version as De besloten hofjes van Mechelen : laatmiddeleeuwse paradijstuinen ontrafeld. Color illustrations on endpapers. Papers originally presented at the 20th Symposium for the Study of Underdrawing and Technology in Painting "Imagining Utopia: New Perspectives on Northern Renaissance Art" organized by Illuminare - Centre for the Study of Medieval Art and held in Mechelen, Belgium and Louvain, Belgium, January 11-13, 2017. "This book has been published to mark the completion of the Enclosed Gardens project undertaken by the Museum Hof van Busleyden (Mechelen) and the KU Leuven, Illuminare - Centre for the Study of Medieval Art (2014-18). |
| Physical Description: | 287 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 30 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-279) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789463720724 9463720723 9789492677679 9492677679 |