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

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 fai...

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Altri autori: Scholten, Frits (Redattore)
Natura: Libro
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Amsterdam : Rijksmuseum Publications Department, [2016]
Soggetti:
Wood-carving, Gothic > Benelux countries > Exhibitions.
Miniature wood-carving > Benelux countries > Exhibitions.
Small sculpture > Technique > Exhibitions.
21.52 history of sculpture.
21.59 sculpture: other.
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Sommario:
  • 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.

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