Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Michigan, 1922. / The first 3 chapters of a work to appear in 8 chapters under the title "The Christian renaissance". cf. Pref. Bibliography: p. xix-xxxvi.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Michigan, 1922. / The first 3 chapters of a work to appear in 8 chapters under the title "The Christian renaissance". cf. Pref. Bibliography: p. xix-xxxvi.

Texte remanié de: Diss.--Philosophische Fakultät--Münster--Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, 1998. / Bibliogr. p. [413]-440. Index.

This thesis examines Hieronymus Bosch's Table Top of the Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things. Instead of using an iconographical analysis, the thesis investigates the relationship between Bosch's art and the Devotio Moderna, which has been speculated by many Bosch scholars. For this reason, a close study was done to examine the Devotio Moderna and its influence on Bosch's painting. Particular interest is paid to the seven day prayers of the Devotio Moderna, the subjects depicted in Bosch's painting, how Bosch's painting blesses its viewer during the time of one's prayer, and how the use of gaze ties all of these ideas together.

Texte remanié de: Diss.--Münster--Westfälische Wilhems-Universität, 1998. Titre de soutenance : Wege und Mittel der Literaturversorgung in der Devotio moderna. / Bibliogr. p. [411]-451. Index.

Proefschrift--Nijmegen. / Includes bibliographical references.

Diss.--Münster--Westfälische Wilhems-Universität, 1998. Titre de soutenance : Wege und Mittel der Literaturversorgung in der Devotio moderna. / Bibliogr. p. 354-394. Index.

The relationship between Erasmus of Rotterdam and the religious movement called the Devotio Moderna, especially the latter's relevance to Erasmian piety, has been a somewhat contentious historiographical issue. This thesis examines that relationship, and asserts that the Devotio Moderna was a crucial formative aspect of Erasmus' religiosity. However, its relevance ought not be overstated, due to the humanist's significant developments away from his spiritual forerunners.

Actif de ca. 1420 à ca. 1450-1460, le Maître de la « Légende dorée » de Munich est, comme le Maître de Dunois, une personnalité issue de l'atelier de Bedford. Miniaturiste ayant surtout exercé à Paris, son œuvre témoigne aussi d'ancrages provinciaux, normands et ligériens notamment. Ce travail s'appuie sur un catalogue de 48 manuscrits, dont 41 livres d'heures. L'étude vise à dégager des spécificités iconographiques et stylistiques du Maître. Parmi les premières se notent l'intérêt marqué pour l'ornementation et le souci du détail, ainsi des auréoles ouvragées, voûtes aux nervures festonnées, livres et meubles. Trait iconographique saillant de l'œuvre tant par sa fréquence que par sa nouveauté, les épis de blé aux crèches font l'objet d'une étude attentive, du fait du sens dont ils sont porteurs et du possible lien entre ce motif et la spiritualité contemporaine, notamment la Dévotion Moderne. Stylistiquement, le Maître de la « Légende dorée » de Munich se caractérise par des lèvres aux commissures tombantes, des arcades sourcilières marquées au trait, dont il use aussi abondamment pour souligner carnations et contours d'objets, et par une palette riche et contrastée. Calendriers et décors marginaux ont également servi à des rapprochements pour aboutir à des regroupements chronologiques au sein du corpus. Inspiré, directement ou via des modèles puisés au sein de l'atelier Bedford, par les Limbourg, le Maître d'Egerton et la peinture septentrionale, le Maître de la « Légende dorée » de Munich a collaboré, comme maître d’œuvre ou peintre de quelques miniatures, avec d'autres artistes, documentés ou non. Il a pu travailler pour des commanditaires aussi bien anglais que français. / As the Dunois Master, the Munich « Golden Legend » Master, fl. from ca. 1420 to ca. 1450-1460, is one artistic figure originating from the Bedford workshop. This miniaturist was active mostly in Paris, but his work also shows connections with provinces like Normandy and the Loire valley. This paper is based on a 48-manuscript catalogue, among which are 41 books of hours. The study aims at bringing out the iconographic and stylistic Master's salient features. Among the first, one notes a deep interest in details and ornaments, which is to be found in finely wrought haloes, vaults with festooned ribs, books and furniture. Within the corpus, ears of wheat in cribs are noteworthy due to both their frequency and novelty. They are subject to deep insight due to the meaning they bear, and to the possible relationship between this motif and the contemporary spirituality, especially the Modern Devotion. Stylistically, typical of the Munich « Golden Legend » Master are falling lip-corners, eyebrow arches marked with line, which he also largely uses to underline flesh tones and object outlines. His range of colours is varied and full of contrasts. Calendars and marginal decoration have also been used to compare manuscripts, in order to build chronological groupings within the corpus. The Munich « Golden Legend » Master has been, either directly or via models available inside the Bedford workshop, influenced by the Limbourgs, the Egerton Master and northern painting. He cooperated, being the chief illuminator or simply helping by painting a few miniatures, with other artists, whether documented or not, and may have worked for both English and French patrons.

At the end of the fifteenth century, Hieronymus Bosch provided the foremost expression of the strict religious piety embodied by the Devotio Moderna and the impending embrace of secular humanism. As a result, Bosch's seemingly complex images provided viewers with positive messages concerning the journey of life through the use of binary symbolism. He utilized the pilgrimage motif as a guide throughout his paintings and in relation to the liminal spaces surrounding his works. This article will examine his important triptych, The Haywain, (c.1495-1516) as an example of spiritual paths taken simultaneously by both religious and contemporary figures, along with the viewers themselves. The underlying theme of Christ's Ascension in The Haywain plays out in an interwoven assortment of journeys, identified by characteristic northern and medieval Christian iconography. Christ's final journey acts as the ultimate goal and the paradigm for both the pilgrim within the triptych and the viewer. Evidence of processional celebrations mimicking pilgrimages reveals that the motifs in Bosch's works were located throughout his visual culture. Finally, an investigation of Bosch's 1505 triptych The Temptation of St. Anthony reveals that Bosch remains consistent in his use of the pilgrimage theme. Bosch worked within the context of the visual and textual culture of the Netherlandish city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch, and despite his creative style, was understood among his contemporaries as a messenger of positive piety.