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The Ghent Altarpiece or the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, by the
Van Eyck brothers (1432), is recognised worldwide as a great work
of art, and one of the most influential paintings ever made. It was
the world's first major oil painting, and it is laced with
religious mysticism. The work almost reads like an A to Z of
Christianity - from the Annunciation to the symbolic sacrifice of
Christ, with the 'Mystic Lamb' on an altar in a heavenly meadow,
bleeding into the Holy Grail. For the first time, this book gathers
together diverse insights on the Ghent Altarpiece, the monumental
poliptych that the brothers Hubert and Jan van Eyck realised with
the assistance of a large workshop and advisers on the painting's
subject matters. This book has the same aim: to bring together
experts from the most diverse disciplines. Only by combining the
perspectives of (art) historians, philosophers, religious studies
scholars, mathematicians and specialists in optics can one fully
understand the riches and depth of this masterpiece. Lavishly
illustrated, including details that have come to light using
state-of-the-art techniques during the current conservation project
and are not always visible to the naked eye.
After it first surfaced in public, Dancing Peasants at a St.
Sebastian's Kermis was recognised as a work by Pieter Bruegel the
Elder, among others by Max Friedlander, the great connoisseur of
Flemish painting. However, after it entered the collection of
Baroness Bentinck-Thyssen-Bornemisza, the scholarly interest in the
painting diminished. When it reappeared many decades later on the
art market in a heavily restored condition, its artistic qualities
could no longer be appreciated. Only after a recent judicious
conservation treatment, a scientific examination of its materials
and a new evaluation of its painting technique and style, the
painting can be returned to one of the greatest masters of Western
art history, Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
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