Hugo van der Goes and the Procedures of Art and Salvation (St... by Margaret L. Koster

Rich in information, wide-ranging in its sources, and original in its understanding of Hugo?s aims, this book also places ? uniquely ? the tools of its analysis in the hands of specialists and general readers alike. But this book also studies the work?s origins in the Modern Devotion movement, Hugo?s personality, the machinations of a wealthy Italian donor, and the patterns of response within a church setting. Koster presents a ground-breaking technical examination of Hugo?s triptych and for the first time, readers can access all of the evidence in a high-resolution and easily-navigable form ? and for a work of supreme historical importance. Hugo van der Goes and the Procedures of Art and Salvation ( Harvey Miller Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History, 49). Painted in the Netherlands for a Florentine chapel, the altarpiece also reflects artistic exchange in the Fifteenth Century.

Focusing on Hugo?s masterpiece, the Portinari Altarpiece, Koster pictures the painter, his patron, and the wider public as a set of diverse forces fuelling this artist?s achievements. This book identifies the artist?s painterly procedures as well as the religious practices and hopes his painting served. Hugely original, he exerted a massive influence, pushing the portrayal of volume, motion and light to its limits while exploring an inherited Christian iconography in profoundly new ways. Hugo van der Goes is a towering figure in the history of art. Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History (HMSAH 49). : Hugo van der Goes and the Procedures of Art and Salvation Hugo van der Goes and the Procedures of Art and Salvation by Koster, Margaret L: New hardcover (2008) 1st.

Hardback, original editor's jacket, english, IV+178 pp., 42 b/w ill.

Hugo van der Goes and the Procedures of Art and Salvation (St... by Margaret L. Koster