Man, myth, and sensual pleasures : Jan Gossart's Renaissance : the complete works

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Man, myth, and sensual pleasures : Jan Gossart's Renaissance : the complete works

Maryan W. Ainsworth, Stijn Alsteens, and Nadine M. Orenstein ; edited by Maryan W. Ainsworth ; with contributions by Lorne Campbell ... [et al.]

Metropolitan Museum of Art , Yale University Press, c2010

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Catalogue of an exhibition held Oct. 5, 2010-Jan. 17, 2011 at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and Feb. 23-May 30, 2011 at National Gallery, London

Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-473) and index

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Jan Gossart (ca. 1478-1532) was among the first Netherlandish artists to travel to Rome to make drawings after antique monuments and sculpture and then, upon his return, to introduce biblical and mythological subjects with erotic nude figures into the mainstream of Northern painting. Often credited with successfully assimilating Italian Renaissance style into the art of 16th-century northern Europe, Gossart is the pivotal old master who redirected the course of early Netherlandish art from the legacy of its founder, Jan van Eyck, toward a new style that would eventually lead to the great age of Peter Paul Rubens. Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures offers a much-needed comprehensive reappraisal of the artist's accomplishment-the first in 45 years. It is not only an exhibition catalogue but also a study of the artist's complete oeuvre as a painter, draftsman, and printmaker. The majority of the paintings in this volume have for the first time undergone rigorous technical examination. As a result, many problems relating to attributions, dating, versions, and copies have been clarified, and a fuller understanding has been obtained of the artist's working procedures. The text draws on these unprecedented technical investigations as well as on recent original scholarship concerning many issues not adequately examined in the past, such as Gossart's early career as a proponent of Antwerp Mannerism and the patronage of Philip of Burgundy (including a closer look at the erotic nature of court art). Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition Schedule: The Metropolitan Museum of Art(10/05/10-01/17/11) National Gallery, London(02/23/11-05/30/11)

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