Early Netherlandish Painting (Panofsky book)
Early Netherlandish Painting, Its Origins and Character, is a 1953 book on art history by Erwin Panofsky, derived from the 1947–48 Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. The book had a wide impact[2] on studies of Renaissance art and Early Netherlandish painting in particular, but also studies in iconography, art history, and intellectual history in general. The book is particularly well-known for its iconographic treatment of Van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait as a kind of marriage contract, a hypothesis advanced by Panofsky as early as 1934. The book remains influential despite its reliance on black-and-white reproductions of paintings, which led to some errors of analysis.[3]
 First edition, Volume one: Text, Volume two: Plates | |
| Author | Erwin Panofsky |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Volume one: Madonna of Chancellor Rolin, c. 1435 by Jan van Eyck Volume two: The Virgin of the Annunciation, from the Portinari Triptych, c. 1479 by Hugo van der Goes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Art history |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Publication date | 1953 |
| Media type | Print (hardback (1953) and paperback (1971)) |
| Pages | 358 pages of text, 150 pages of notes, 496 illustrations |
| ISBN | 978-0-06-436683-0 |
Early Netherlandish Painting shares its title with the comprehensive, 14-volume survey by Max J. Friedländer, a fact obliquely acknowledged at the beginning of the preface.[4]
References
- References
- The Virgin of the Annunciation, from the Portinari Triptych, c.1479 (oil on panel) Posters & Prints by Hugo van der Goes Retrieved 01-01-2016.
- Shone, Richard and Stonard, John-Paul, eds. The Books That Shaped Art History: From Gombrich and Greenberg to Alpers and Krauss, chapter 7. London: Thames & Hudson, 2013.
- The Books That Shaped Art History, p. 95
- Early Netherlandish Painting, p. vii
- Sources
- Panofsky, Erwin. Early Netherlandish Painting, Its Origins and Character. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1953.
- Reprinted in paperback as a Harper and Row "Icon Edition," 1971.
- Holly, Michael Ann. Panofsky and the Foundations of Art History. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1984.
- Podro, Michael. The Critical Historians of Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982.
- Shone, Richard and Stonard, John-Paul, eds. The Books That Shaped Art History: From Gombrich and Greenberg to Alpers and Krauss. London: Thames & Hudson, 2013.