„Alig tizenöt centire voltak egymástól, de ebben a tizenöt centiben benne volt közel húszévnyi idő, egy háború, két vallás, egy holokauszt, egy katasztrófa, két anya, két apa, egy sebhely és egy titok, mely lomha pillangó módjára verdesett a szárnyával.”

The main goal of the Rubens, Van Dyck and the Splendour of Flemish Painting exhibition is to highlight Peter Paul Rubens’s genius and the pivotal influence of his artistic output upon his age through works in our own collections and the loaned pieces, while showcasing the versatile, stylistically and thematically rich 17th-century Flemish painting, which developed from and alongside Rubens’ art.

Similarly to the Museum of Fine Arts’ other large-scale exhibitions, a richly illustrated catalogue containing studies and catalogue entries in Hungarian and English was made for this show with the participation of renowned foreign and Hungarian art historians.

Rubens, Van Dyck and the Splendour of Flemish Painting, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 30 October 2019 – 16 February 2020

A szerzők a zeneoktatás több területén és szintjén is sok évtizedes gyakorlattal rendelkező, kiváló pedagógiai eredményeket felmutató tanáregyéniségek, akik nemcsak a jó tanár, hanem a felkészült szakember példáját is mutatják.

Nehéz feladatot vállaltak, hiszen hasonlóan összegző, a magyar zeneoktatás filozófiai-pedagógiai alapjait tisztán felmutató, s ahhoz kapcsolódóan módszertani-gyakorlati utakat és összefüggéseket bemutató kötet – mondjuk ki: módszertankönyv – nem véletlenül hiányzik az elmúlt időszak kiadványai közül. Az a sokrétű tanári munka ugyanis, amelyet a szolfézstanítás igényel, nehezen összegezhető, rendszerezhető. A szerzők arra vállalkoztak, hogy az ismereteik és tapasztalataik szerinti legfontosabb zenepedagógiai alapelveket idézzék vagy megfogalmazzák, s ehhez kapcsolódóan rendszerbe foglalják a tanítás és a készségfejlesztés gyakorlati lehetőségeit...

“The half-century before 1525 saw the blossoming in south Germany of a remarkable school of limewood sculpture, largely devoted to the retable altarpiece. . . . This book is more than a work of art criticism or art history: it is a contribution to the broader social and cultural history of the German Renaissance.”—Bob Scribner, London Review of Books

“Baxandall’s multifaceted study of German limewood sculptors and sculpture prior to the Reformation is marked by a historical intelligence and intellectual liveliness too rarely found in the history of art. . . . An excellent illustrated catalog caps the work. A model of art historical synthesis and a significant methodological contribution.”—Library Journal

“[Baxandall has] written a book which is wide-ranging and brilliantly modern.”—Henri Zerner, New York Review of Books

“The Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany is not only a superlative performance by its author but is also a superlative book. It offers an ambitious and provocative account of a major period in German art and focuses on problems in social history and in the history of art that will interest readers from other disciplines. . . . Few readers could finish this book without being impressed by its author’s erudition and sensitivity to his subject.”—Bruce Boucher, Times Literary Supplement

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