Published: “The Liefrinck Dynasty”
Jeroen Luyckx (PhD Candidate at Illuminare – KU Leuven) has published a catalogue of all prints produced and published by the Liefrinck dynasty.
Published: “Het Hof Bladelin en de restauratie van de schilderijen van de Romeinse Zaal”
On the occasion of the finalization of the restoration of the monumental paintings of the Roman Hall of the Bladelin Court in Bruges, a richly illustrated book is published by Peeters.
Forthcoming: “From Kairos to Occasio through Fortuna. Text / Image / Afterlife”
Barbara Baert discusses the Mantuan fresco’s key position in the iconographic Nachleben of the Kairos/Occasio figure, and the way the theme was accustomed in the Quattrocento and the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
Published: “Imaging Utopia: New Perspectives on Northern Renaissance Art”
The proceedings of the conference Imaging Utopia: New Perspectives on Northern Renaissance Art are published! In this book, several leading experts in the field of art history reflect on the theme Imaging Utopia in diverse and inventive ways.
Published: “Signed ‘PAN’. Erwin Panofsk’s (1892-1968) ‘The History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline’ (Princeton, 1938)”
This newly published book entitled “Signed ‘PAN’. Erwin Panofsk’s (1892-1968) ‘The History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline’ (Princeton, 1938)” is written by Barbara Baert.
Published: “Iconology of Charity Medieval Legends of Saint Elizabeth in Central Europe”
The images analyzed in this book, written by Ivan Gérat, give each viewer the possibility to interact with Saint Elizabeth’s unique spiritual way, which was nurtured by various sources, including moments of spontaneous inspiration.
Published: “The Weeping Rock. Revisiting Niobe through ‘Paragone’, ‘Pathosformel’ and Petrification”
This newly published book on Niobe’s transformation into a weeping rock is written by Barbara Baert.
Published: “Contextualizing Practical Knowledge in Early Modern Europe”
In this book dr. Annemie Leemans investigates the practical knowledge flux in early modern Europe, with a specific interest in art technological knowledge, which frequently appears in all-purpose recipe books.
Published: “The Fortune of Gertrud Bing (1892-1964)”
This book, written by Laura Tack, intends to map the agency of Gertrud Bing, in a way that Bing herself would have probably preferred. According to Bing, the ideal biography ought to merge the personal with the intellectual, since, what one experiences as a human being will also find its way into the academic oeuvre one leaves behind.
Published: “Manuscripts & Precious Books in the Maurits Sabbe Library – KU Leuven”
This beautifully illustrated volume explores fourty-five remarkable books representing the immense variety and richness of the collections in the Maurits Sabbe Library.