Offers a new paradigm for the periodization of the arts, one that counters a prevailing Italianate bias among historians of northern Europe of this era. The author connects Gothic architecture to related developments in painting and other media, and considers the consequences of the breakdown of the Gothic system in the early 16th century.
"As to be expected of Yale and Metropolitan Museum of Art publications, this is a beautifully illustrated book that complements the tapestries that inspired the research. Thomas Campbell and Elizabeth Cleland are to be congratulated on producing a timely and important book that presents new object-based and archival research by the leading tapestry scholars."—Deborah H. Cibelli, Sixteenth Century Journal
Ethan Matt Kavaler is professor of art history at the University of Toronto.