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Small wonders : late-Gothic boxwood micro-carvings from the low countries

Title

Small wonders : late-Gothic boxwood micro-carvings from the low countries / edited by Frits Scholten ; with contributions by Frits Scholten, Reindert Falkenburg, Ingmar Reesing, Alexandra Suda, Barbara Drake Boehm, Pete Dandridge, Lisa Ellis.

Publication

Amsterdam : Rijksmuseum Publications Department, [2016]
©2016

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Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	JQC 17-172	Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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Description

687 pages : illustrations (some color); 19 cm

Summary

Boxwood prayer beads, rosaries and miniature altarpieces made in Northern Europe during the early 1500s demonstrate the limitless potential of human artistic practice. These tiny masterpieces, small enough to fit in the palm of the hand, depict complex scenes with elegance and precision. Without fail, they inspire viewers to ask how a person could have possibly made them, a question that can only be answered today. Debuting in Toronto, the exhibition Small Wonders: Gothic Boxwood Miniatures brings together for the first time more than 60 rare boxwood carvings from institutions and private collections across Europe and North America. The exhibition offers new insight into the methods of production and cultural significance of these awe-inspiring works of art, highlighting the cutting edge technology used by curators and conservators in their search to understand these miniature sculptures.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

Catalog for the exhibition "Small Wonders," held at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 29 October 2016- 22 January 2017, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Cloisters), New York, 22 February-21 May 2017, and the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 15 June-17 September 2017.
"The catalogue is divided into twelve sections, arranged typographically. Within each section the objects have been ordered thematically and iconographically (Christological and Mariological subjects first, followed by Old Testament scenes and saints). Translations of Latin Bible texts are from the King James Bible, and in a few cases from the Douay-Rheims Version (indicated with DV)"--Page 605.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 654-677) and indexes.

Contents

The boxwood carvers of the late Gothic Netherlands / Frits Scholten -- Prayer nuts seen through the 'eyes of the heart' / Reindert Falkenburg -- Scale, prayer and play / Frits Scholten -- Patronage and early ownership of sixteenth-century micro-carvings from the northern Netherlands / Ingmar Reesing -- Handpicked collecting boxwood carvings from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries / Alexandra Suda & Barbara Drake Boehm -- Statuettes, 'taillee en bois bien fecte' / Frits Scholten -- Workshop practices / Pete Dandridge & Lisa Ellis.

Call Number

JQC 17-172

ISBN

9789491714931
9491714937

OCLC

963589654

Title

Publisher

Amsterdam : Rijksmuseum Publications Department, [2016]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 654-677) and indexes.

Added Author

Scholten, Frits, editor, writer of added commentary.

Falkenburg, Reindert Leonard, writer of added commentary.

Reesing, Ingmar, 1976- writer of added commentary.

Suda, Alexandra, writer of added commentary.

Boehm, Barbara Drake, writer of added commentary.

Dandridge, Pete, writer of added commentary.

Ellis, Lisa, writer of added commentary.

Art Gallery of Ontario, host institution.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.

Cloisters (Museum), host institution.

Rijksmuseum (Netherlands), host institution.

Research Call Number

JQC 17-172

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