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The Gouda Windows (1552â1572)
Art and Catholic Renewal on the Eve of the Dutch Revolt
Series: - Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, Volume: 310/44
- Brill's Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History, Volume: 310/44
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The Gouda Windows (1552â1572): Art and Catholic Renewal on the Eve of the Dutch Revolt offers the first complete analysis of the cycle of monumental Renaissance stained-glass windows donated to the Sint Janskerk in Gouda, after a fire gutted it in 1552. Central among the donors were King Philip II of Spain and Joris van Egmond, Bishop of Utrecht, who worked together to reform the Church. The inventor of the iconographic program, a close associate to the bishop as well as the king, strove to renew Catholic art by taking the words of Jesus as a starting point. Defining Catholic religion based on widely accepted biblical truths, the ensemble shows that the Mother Church can accommodate all true Christians.
Xander van Eck (1962), professor of art history at Izmir University of Economics, has published widely on the art of the counter-reformation in the Netherlands. His Clandestine Splendor. Painting for the Catholic Church in the Dutch Republic appeared in 2007.
Foreword
List of IllustrationsâX
Note to the ReaderâXVii
Introduction
1 Patronage
â1.1âA Clean Slate
â1.2âClerical Patrons
â1.3âRoyal and Noble Donors
â1.4âEmploying the Artists
2 The Choir: He Must Increase, and I Must Decrease
â2.1âJohn the Baptist as a Foil to Christ
â2.2âAn Elusive Written Program
â2.3âTestimony about Christ
â2.4âImprisonment and Death
â2.5âThe Bible and St. Augustine
â2.6âBeyond St. Augustine: Erasmus and Herman Lethmaet
â2.7âThe Apostle Series in the Clerestory
3 The Transept: There Shall No Sign Be Given
â3.1âA Separate Program?
â3.2âThe Kingâs Window
â3.3âMargaret of Parmaâs Gift
â3.4âJonah and Bileam
â3.5âTurmoil in the Temple
4 The Nave: âBut Ye Shall Receive Powerâ
â4.1âElburga van den Boetzelaer and the Queen of Sheba
â4.2âMargaret of Arenberg as a Second Judith
â4.3âPhilip de Ligne, a Crippled Warlord Praying to Be Healed
â4.4âChoir, Transept and Nave: One Narrative?
List of IllustrationsâX
Note to the ReaderâXVii
Introduction
1 Patronage
â1.1âA Clean Slate
â1.2âClerical Patrons
â1.3âRoyal and Noble Donors
â1.4âEmploying the Artists
2 The Choir: He Must Increase, and I Must Decrease
â2.1âJohn the Baptist as a Foil to Christ
â2.2âAn Elusive Written Program
â2.3âTestimony about Christ
â2.4âImprisonment and Death
â2.5âThe Bible and St. Augustine
â2.6âBeyond St. Augustine: Erasmus and Herman Lethmaet
â2.7âThe Apostle Series in the Clerestory
3 The Transept: There Shall No Sign Be Given
â3.1âA Separate Program?
â3.2âThe Kingâs Window
â3.3âMargaret of Parmaâs Gift
â3.4âJonah and Bileam
â3.5âTurmoil in the Temple
4 The Nave: âBut Ye Shall Receive Powerâ
â4.1âElburga van den Boetzelaer and the Queen of Sheba
â4.2âMargaret of Arenberg as a Second Judith
â4.3âPhilip de Ligne, a Crippled Warlord Praying to Be Healed
â4.4âChoir, Transept and Nave: One Narrative?
All interested in Christian iconography, all interested in the history of the Catholic Church during the age of the reformation, all interested in Northern Netherlandish art in the early modern period. Keywords: Philip II of Spain, biblical humanism, stained-glass windows, Erasmus, St. Augustine, Gouda, University of Louvain, biblical typology, Dirck Crabeth, Wouter Crabeth, Lambert van Noort, iconographic program, Reformation, Counter-Reformation.