The Painted Triptychs of Fifteenth-Century Germany: Case Studies of Blurred Boundaries

by Lynn F. Jacobs

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9463725407
• ISBN13: 9789463725408
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 308 Pages