Moving sculptures : : southern Netherlandish alabasters from the 16th to 17th centuries in Central and Northern Europe / / by Aleksandra Lipinska.

• Superior document: Studies in Netherlandish Art and Cultural History, Volume 11
• VerfasserIn: Lipińska, Aleksandra,
• TeilnehmendeR: Taylor-Kucia, Jessica,; Lipińska, Aleksandra.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Netherlandish art and cultural history ; Volume 11.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (407 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The Low Countries are generally considered to be the land of painting. Consequently, sculpture, especially that of the 16th century, has been insufficiently explored. In Moving Sculptures Aleksandra Lipińska presents a little-known chapter of the history of Netherlandish sculpture: the serial production of small-scale alabaster reliefs, altarpieces and statuettes in the workshops of Mechelen and Antwerp between c. 1525 and 1650. She gives the reader an insight into the rules of this craft, the specificity of the material, and the marketing methods employed. But the innovative element of this study lies in the fact that Lipińska analyses the phenomenon from the perspective of its distant recipients in Central and Northern Europe on the basis of works largely unknown to the broader public. For sample pages click on Google Books button.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Alabaster as a Sculpture Material -- 2 Alabaster in Netherlandish Sculpture from the Late Gothic to the Early Baroque -- 3 Serial Production of Alabaster Sculpture in Mechelen -- 4 The Spread of Alabaster Sculpture from the Low Countries -- 5 Altarpieces -- 6 Tombs and Epitaphs -- 7 Exhibits of Real and ‘Imagined’ Collections -- 8 Alabaster Chambers -- Epilogue -- Documents -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index of Persons -- Index of Geographic Names.