The activities of Rogier van der Weyden (1399/1400-1464) were much
wider in scope than the well-known painted oeuvre that has been the
subject of so many publications. This book, with its focus on stone
sculpture in Brussels at the time that Rogier was established
there, an area of art history that to date has been little
explored, offers a fresh and fascinating look at the context in
which Brussels's famous city painter operated. Bart Fransen leads
you through a network of stoneworkers and craftsmen, from the stone
quarry to the sculptor's workshop, to discover a number of
remarkable but unknown or misjudged sculptures now in churches, an
abbey, a beguinage, a museum's reserve collection and a castle
chapel. With the various case studies in mind he goes on to examine
Rogier van der Weyden's direct involvement in sculptural projects,
turning to the evidence revealed by archival documents, drawings
and sculpture itself. The result is a highly readable and
plentifully illustrated book that re-establishes the close
relationship between the various art forms that existed in the
fifteenth century.
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