Open AccessDIE ATTRIBUTE DER REVALER KAUFLEUTE – EIN BLICK AUF DAS RETABEL DES MARIENALTARES DER BRUDERSCHAFT DER SCHWARZENHÄUPTER
Author(s) -
Kerttu Palginõmm
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
baltic journal of art history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2346-5581
pISSN - 1736-8812
DOI - 10.12697/bjah.2019.18.04
Subject(s) - altarpiece , altar , art , painting , legend , art history , humanities , visual arts
The article focuses on the Tallinn (Reval) altarpiece of St. Mary's altar ofthe Brotherhood of the Blackheads, attributed to the Bruges Master ofthe Legend of St. Lucy, which arrived in the late medieval city in 1493.The altarpiece is noteworthy for its very dense network of luxuriousdetails like silk, velvet and gold cloth from Italy, ceramics from Spain,tapestries from Netherlands and an oriental carpet from Anatolia. Early
Netherlandish painting is notable for the very detailed, texture andlight-sensitive rendering of everyday and luxury objects, from whichthe works of Jan van Eyck are the best examples.