Opening Doors: The Early Netherlandish Triptychs Reinterpreted

by Lynn F. Jacobs

Opening Doors is the first book of its kind: a comprehensive study of the emergence and evolution of the Netherlandish triptych from the early fifteenth through the early seventeenth centuries. The modern term "triptych" did not exist during the period Lynn Jacobs discusses. Rather, contemporary French, Dutch, and Latin documents employ a very telling description--they call the triptych a "painting with doors." Using this term as her springboard,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271048409
• ISBN13: 9780271048406
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 4.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.8" x 10.8"