The Great Workshop : pathways of art in Europe, 5th to 18th centuries /

"Long before its emergence as a political entity, Europe was distinguished by its intense traffic in goods and people. Artist, art-lovers, and rich patrons made arduous journeys not only by road but also by river to far-flung locales as they sought to satisfy their appetite for beauty. This is...

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Corporate Authors: Palais des beaux-arts (Brussels, Belgium), Europalia
Other Authors: Recht, Roland, Périer-d'Ieteren, Catheline, Griener, Pascal, Burke, Peter, 1937-, Chartier, Roger, 1945-, Pomian, Krzysztof
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Brussels : [Ithaca, N.Y.] : Mercatorfonds ; Cornell University Press [distributor], c2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Roland Recht
  • Artists, circulation and encounters / Peter Burke
  • The appearance of the printed book / Roger Chartier
  • Princely collections and art museums north of the Alps (16th-18th centuries) / Krzysztof Pomian
  • The Grand Tour : the European discovery of the work of art in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries / Pascal Griener
  • On imitating the creative masters : some lessons learned from reading texts and works / Catheline Périer-d'Ieteren
  • Europe on the move / Roland Recht
  • The Carolingian empire and its legacy / Roland Recht
  • Europe and the Mediterranean / Roland Recht
  • Goldsmiths' workshops / Roland Recht
  • Art for export : enamels, alabasters and altarpieces / Catheline Périer-d'Ieteren & Roland Recht
  • The image of the Virgin in the courtly ideal / Roland Recht
  • The circulation of drawings in Europe / Roland Recht
  • The European careers of sculptors at the end of the Middle Ages / Roland Recht
  • The conquest of the new pictorial space / Roland Recht
  • Europe and the printed book / Pascal Griener & Roland Recht
  • Prints in the service of arts and crafts / Pascal Griener
  • Perceptions of other worlds / Pascal Griener
  • The Europe of masters and collectors / Pascal Griener
  • The world in a room : collectors and art dealers / Pascal Griener
  • Catalogue / Roland Recht, Catheline Périer-d'Ieteren & Pascal Griener.