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Parution : Alexander Marr, “Holbein’s Wit”, Turnhout, Brepols, 2026

SUMMARY Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8–1543) is renowned as an outstandingly realistic painter—the acme of Renaissance naturalism. In fact, he was a purveyor of cunning ambiguity. Holbein’s Wit: Pictorial Ingenuity in Renaissance Art reveals the artist at play, juggling the uncertainties and paradoxes that arise in the enterprise of imitation. Spanning Holbein’s career in Basel and London, and encompassing his portraits, devotional paintings, and designs for prints and the decorative arts, the book explores this...

Parution : Diana Darke, “Islamesque – The Forgotten Craftsmen Who Built Europe’s Medieval Monuments”, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2025

Who really built Europe’s finest Romanesque monuments? Clergymen presiding over holy sites are credited throughout history, while highly skilled creators remain anonymous. But the buildings speak for themselves. This groundbreaking book explores the evidence embedded in medieval monasteries, churches and castles, from Mont Saint-Michel and the Leaning Tower of Pisa to Durham Cathedral and the Basilica of Santiago de Compostela. Tracing the origins of key design innovations from this pre-Gothic period–acknowledged as the essential foundation...

Parution : Judith Steinhoff, “Women and Gender in Trecento Art & Architecture”, Turnhout, Brepols, 2026

SUMMARY This volume is the first to bring together a full range of current trecento art historical thought on the significance of gender in women’s patronage, reception of images, and representations of female characters and individuals. Emerging in the 1970s and 80s, the topics of women, their roles in personal, social, economic, and political life, and the significance of gender have become major issues throughout many fields of scholarship and, indeed, in many aspects of...

Parution : Theresa Flanigan et Trinita Kennedy (dir.), “Artistic Encounters in Trecento Italy”, Turnhout, Brepols, 2026

The fourteenth century in Italy, the age of Giotto, Dante, and Boccaccio, widely known as the trecento, was a pivotal moment in art history and in European culture. The studies in this volume present new approaches to art in this important but often neglected period of the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance. Scholars at various stages in their careers discuss a wide range of topics including architecture, materiality, politics, patronage, and devotion, contributing to...

Exposition : “Cornelis Cort. Un graveur hollandais à la conquête de l’Italie”, Namur, TreM.a-Musée des Arts anciens du Namurois, du 9 mai au 13 septembre 2026

Cet été, le Musée provincial des Arts anciens du Namurois vous invite à plonger dans l’univers captivant d’un virtuose de la gravure au XVIe siècle : Cornelis Cort. Glissez vos pas dans ceux de l’artiste et embarquez dans un voyage qui vous portera d’Hoorn à Rome, en passant par Anvers, Venise et Florence. Venez admirer les œuvres de celui qui fut célébré comme le plus grand graveur de sa génération, tant au Nord qu’au Sud des Alpes. Car, si Cornelis...

Parution : Jasenka Gudelj et al. (dir.), “Networks of Faith and Form. Jesuit Art and Architecture in the Eastern Adriatic”, Turnhout, Brepols, 2026

This book explores how the art and architecture commissioned by the Jesuits along the eastern shores of the Adriatic during the early modern period reflect a distinct cultural identity shaped within a universal and institutionally coherent framework—one that transcended geographical and temporal boundaries. Though diverse in form and style, these buildings were profoundly influenced by the organisational structures and intellectual networks of religious communities. Through enduring traditions and the strategic mobility of their members across...

Appel à contributions : “Fragments I : Reconstituer les mondes”, Journal of medieval worlds, publication au printemps 2027 / date limite le 15 août 2026

We are relaunching the Journal of Medieval Worlds in Spring 2027 with two special debut issues: “Fragments I: Putting the Worlds Back Together” and “Fragments II: Worlds Reunited.” These two double issues, appearing in Spring and Fall 2027, will entail a first issue of shorter contributions and a second issue of longer, full-length contributions, that showcase the important and necessary interventions occurring in Medieval Studies around issues of race, sexuality, gender identity, decolonization, and other emerging critical discourses. These issues will highlight what...

Parution : Michail Chatzidakis, “Transformationen der Antike bei Raffael und seinem Umkreis”, Berlin, Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2025

The murals of the Battle of the Milvian Bridge and the Vision of the Cross in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican, named after the fresco-cycle conceived by Raphael and executed by Giulio Romano, are regarded by scholars as originating from an intense study of antiquity in Raphael’s circle, followed by a desire to achieve an historically accurate approach to ancient art. However, Raphael was recognised already by Giorgio Vasari, Ludovico Dolce and Annibale Carracci, not only for his expertise...

Exposition : “A la manera de Italia. España y el gótico mediterráneo (1320-1420)”, Madrid, Museo del Prado, du 26 mai au 20 septembre 2026

Sin Italia es difícil comprender el paisaje artístico de finales de la Edad Media en España. La llegada de artistas y la importación de obras hizo que toda una serie de innovaciones estéticas, técnicas e iconográficas del Trecento imprimieran una profunda huella en la cultura visual de los reinos peninsulares. También contribuyeron a ello destacados maestros autóctonos que, a través de unas fórmulas eclécticas e híbridas, alumbraron declinaciones originales de los modelos italianos. Su sofisticación técnica y...

Exposition : “Trésors de la Renaissance dans l’Oise. La collection de Nélie Jacquemart-André du Domaine de Chaalis”, Beauvais, MUDO-Musée de l’Oise, du 4 avril au 31 décembre 2026

Dans le prolongement de l’exposition « Renaissance. Portes de la modernité », le MUDO-Musée de l’Oise saisit l’occasion de la réunion de chefs-d’œuvre de la Renaissance italienne des collections du Domaine de Chaalis, actuellement en travaux, pour explorer davantage cette période artistique d’une richesse exceptionnelle. Au travers des collections de Nélie Jacquemart-André, le parcours propose de redécouvrir de manière thématique de grandes tendances spécifiques à l’art italien de la Renaissance. Sujets religieux, banquet, perspective ou...