"In Devotional Portraiture and Spiritual Experience Ingrid Falque analyses the meditative functions of early Netherlandish paintings including devotional portraits, that is portraits of people kneeling in prayer. Such paintings have been mainly studied in the context of commemor…
Front Matter -- Copyright page -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction to the Catalogue -- Catalogue of Early Netherlandish Paintings with Devotional Portraits (1400-1550) -- Part 1 -- Catalogue of Early Netherlandish Paintings with Devotional Portraits (1400-1550) -- Part 2 --…
"In Devotional Portraiture and Spiritual Experience Ingrid Falque analyses the meditative functions of early Netherlandish paintings including devotional portraits, that is portraits of people kneeling in prayer. Such paintings have been mainly studied in the context of commemor…
"This is the first exhaustive catalogue of paintings with devotional portraits produced in the Low Countries between c. 1400 and 1550. This catalogue is an appendix to the book Devotional Portraiture and Spiritual Experience in Early Netherlandish Painting."--Publisher's site
A highly informative guide to a great trip in the Low CountriesLeads travelers to the best of the Netherlands (almost 1 million North American visitors in 2001), Belgium (capital of the European Union and headquarters of NATO), and Luxembourg (which has more Michelin-starred res…
Provides information on accommodations, restaurants, attractions, and shopping in Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg.
"Recent scholarship on the Middle Ages has highlighted the importance of individualistic tendencies in devotion in both the lay world and religious communities. This interaction between individualization and religious agency has been scrutinized in numerous studies, focusing on …
Recent scholarship on the Middle Ages has highlighted the importance of individualistic tendencies in devotion in both the lay world and religious communities. This interaction between individualization and religious agency has been scrutinized in numerous studies, focusing on t…
The two best battle tanks of the early Blitzkrieg era, the German PzKpfw III and the French Somua S 35, clashed during May 1940 in the Hannut-Gembloux Gap, Belgium, in the largest armoured battles yet seen. Combining excellent firepower and mobility with adequate protection, the…
