سه‌تایی‌های نقاشی شده آلمان قرن پانزدهم: مطالعات موردی از مرزهای مبهم

This book presents four case studies that interrogate how German fifteenth-century painted triptychs engage with, and ultimately blur, various boundaries. Some of the boundaries are internal to the triptych format, for example, transgressed frames between narrative scenes on triptych interiors, or interconnections between imagery on triptych interiors and exteriors. Other blurred boundaries are regional ones between the Netherlands and Cologne; metaphysical ones between heaven and earth; and artistic distinctions between the media of painting and sculpture. The book's case studies--which shed new light on Conrad von Soest, Stefan Lochner, and the Master of the St. Bartholomew Altarpiece--illuminate the importance of German fifteenth-century painting, while providing a fresh assessment of relations between German triptychs and their more famous Netherlandish counterparts. The case studies also demonstrate the value of probing Medialität, that is, the implications of format and medium for generating meaning. A coda assesses the triptych in the age of Dürer Cover 1 Table of Contents 8 Acknowledgements 22 Introduction 24 Historiography 26 Methodology, Scope, and Theme of this Study 31 The Case Studies 36 Works Cited 40 1. Framed Boundaries: Conrad von Soest and Early Fifteenth-Century Westphalian Triptychs 44 Blurred Boundaries in the Niederwildungen Altarpiece 53 Blurred Boundaries in Other Works by Conrad von Soest 63 Sources for Conrad von Soest’s Treatment of the Boundaries 69 Blurred Boundaries in the Followers of Conrad von Soest 72 The Impact Elsewhere 79 Works Cited 90 2. Transparent Boundaries: Colour on the Exterior of German Fifteenth-Century Triptychs 94 The Absence of Grisaille on German Triptych Exteriors 100 Gabriel Angler’s Grisailles 102 The Presence of Grisaille on the Exteriors of German Fifteenth- and Early Sixteenth-Century Triptychs 114 The Role of Colour within the Triptych 127 The Role of Simulated Sculpture within the Triptych 136 German Triptychs and the Transparency of the Boundary Between Exterior and Interior 145 Works Cited 159 3. Regional Boundaries: Rogier van der Weyden’s Columba Altarpiece and Cross-Influences Between the Netherlands and Cologne 166 The Columba Triptych and the Impact of Cologne Patronage 169 The Columba Triptych and the Impact of Lochner 179 Netherlandish Features of the Columba Altarpiece 183 The Impact of Rogier’s Triptych on Cologne Artists of the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century 188 Postscript: Memling at the Nexus Between the Rogierian and Cologne Triptych Traditions 203 Works Cited 206 4. Spiritual Boundaries: The Master of the St. Bartholomew Altarpiece and the Border between Reality and Eternity 210 Regional Boundaries 213 The Ironic Edge 216 The Boundaries of Media 222 The Holy Cross Triptych 227 The St. Thomas Triptych 240 The St. Bartholomew Triptych and the London/Mainz Wings 247 Works Cited 253 5. Coda: The Triptych in the Age of Dürer 256 Dürer’s Triptychs 257 Hans Baldung Grien’s Triptychs 262 Cranach’s Triptychs 269 Works Cited 282 Bibliography 286 Index 302 List of Illustrations 10 This book presents four case studies that interrogate how German fifteenth-century painted triptychs engage with, and ultimately blur various boundaries. Some of the boundaries are internal to the triptych format, for example, transgressed frames between narratives scenes on triptychs? interiors, or interconnections between imagery on triptychs? interiors and exteriors. Other blurred boundaries are regional ones between the Netherlands and Cologne; metaphysical ones between heaven and earth; and artistic distinctions between the media of painting and sculpture. The book?s case studies, which shed new light on Conrad von Soest, Stefan Lochner, and the Master of the St. Bartholomew Altarpiece, illuminate the importance of German fifteenth-century painting, while providing a fresh assessment of relations between German triptychs and their more famous Netherlandish counterparts - and demonstrating the value of probing Medialität, the implications of format and medium for generating meaning. The book?s coda assesses the triptych in the age of Dürer