Rogier Van der Weyden and Stone Sculpture in Brussels by Bart Fransen ISBN: 9781909400153 (hb) DESCRIPTION: The activities of Rogier van der Weyden (1399/1400-1464) were much wider in scope than the well- PRICE: known painted oeuvre that has been the subject of so many publications. This book, with its focus on $130.00 (hb) 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 PUBLICATION DATE: famous city painter operated. Bart Fransen leads you through a network of stoneworkers and 30 December 2013 (hb) 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 béguinage, a museum's reserve BINDING: collection and a castle chapel. With the various case studies in mind he goes on to examine Rogier Hardback 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 SIZE: illustrated book that re-establishes the close relationship between the various art forms that existed 8 x11 in the fifteenth century. PAGES: CONTRIBUTORS BIOGRAPHIES: 241 Bart Fransen holds a doctorate in Art History from the Catholic University of Leuven. He is currently head of the Centre for the Study of the Flemish Primitives, a specialized research unit and part of ILLUSTRATIONS: Belgium's Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels. 65 b/w illus, 170 col illus.

PUBLISHER: Brepols Publishers

IMPRINT: Harvey Miller

SERIES: Distinguished Contributions to the Study of the Arts in the Burgundian Netherlands

READER INTERESTS: Art & Art History Medieval Studies