an erotic painting from five hundred years ago can still manage to create a sensation

An esteemed international group of contributors investigates the ways that cultural policies affected printmaking

The first part of the book analyzes the style and provenance of each work

where they could be seen by all

ISBN 978-1-60606-570-9

A Knight for the Ages: Jacques de Lalaing and the Art of Chivalry jewelry an erotic painting from fiveEdited by Elizabeth Morrison The Livre des faits de Jacques de Lalaing (Book of the Deeds of Jacques de Lalaing), a famous Flemish illuminated manuscript, relays the audacious life of Jacques de Lalaing (14211453), a story that reads more like a fast paced adventure novel. Produced in the tradition of chivalric biography, a genre developed in the mid fifteenth century to celebrate the great personalities of the day, the manuscripts text and