The retables of the Chartreuse of Champmol /
"Less famous than the tombs of Philip the Bold and John the Fearless, the retables made for the Charterhouse of Champmol in Dijon are equally dazzling exemplars of the artistic patronage of the dukes of Burgundy. Executed between 1390 and 1399 by two Flemish artists, the sculptor Jacques de Bae...
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Gand : Dijon :
Snoeck ; Musée des Beaux-Art de Dijon,
[2015]
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ISBN: | 9789461612212 9461612214 |
Table of Contents:
- Reproduction of the two retables after restoration
- Retable of the Crucifixion
- Retable of the Saints and Martyrs
- History
- Creation and meaning
- The retables of Jacques de Baerze and Melchior Broederlam
- A reconsideration of the sources
- History of the retables since the Revolution
- From the Charterhouse of Champmol to the Musée de Dijon
- Restoration of the retables, 1819-1867
- The presentation of the retables in the museum
- Restorations during the twentieth century
- Restoration
- Restoration of the cases and sculptures of the Champmol retables
- Restoration of the painted wings on the Crucifixion Retable
- A new view of the retables
- Technological knowledge and scientific examinationsThe original fabrication of the two retables, summary and comparison of the techniques used
- Report of the study and analysis of the Champmol retables
- A masterpiece revealed: Melchior Broederlam's painted wings for the Crucifixion Retable.