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Abbot Suger’S St. Denis And The Cult Of Relics, Kathryn Funderburg
Abbot Suger’S St. Denis And The Cult Of Relics, Kathryn Funderburg
The Expositor: A Journal of Undergraduate Research in the Humanities
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Unity And Continuity In Jon Lee’S Abstract Woodblock Prints, Michael Schreyach
Unity And Continuity In Jon Lee’S Abstract Woodblock Prints, Michael Schreyach
Art and Art History Faculty Research
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Rogier Van Der Weyden And Early Netherlandish Wall Memorials, Douglas Brine
Rogier Van Der Weyden And Early Netherlandish Wall Memorials, Douglas Brine
Art and Art History Faculty Research
The article considers two sculpted wall memorials from the Burgundian Netherlands that can be closely linked to the painter Rogier van der Weyden. The first was commissioned by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, for the Franciscan convent church in Brussels in commemoration of two long-deceased Brabantine duchesses to whom he was distantly related. It was destroyed by the Calvinists but a series of payments of 1440 records the various craftsmen responsible for its creation, including Rogier van der Weyden, who polychromed the sculpture and painted the duke’s coats of arms on its wings. It is argued that the memorial …
‘I Am Nature’: Science And Jackson Pollock, Michael Schreyach
‘I Am Nature’: Science And Jackson Pollock, Michael Schreyach
Art and Art History Faculty Research
An attempt has been made to determine the authenticity of some newly discovered paintings that may be by Jackson Pollock on the basis of a belief that his art incorporates fractal patterns seen in the natural world. This is only the latest in a long line of interpretations of his works in terms of references to nature, as Michael Schreyach discusses.