v. 1. Text. Introduction: The polarization of European fifteenth-century painting in Italy and the Lowlands ; French and Franco-Flemish book illumination in the fourteenth century ; The early fifteenth and the "international style" ; Sculpture and panel painting about 1400 ; The problem of Burgundy ; The regional schools of the Netherlands and their importance for the formation of the great masters ; Reality and symbol in early Flemish painting: "Spiritualia sub metaphoris corporalium" ; "Ars nova" ; The master of Flémalle ; Jan Van Eyck ; Hubert and/or Jan Van Eyck: the problems of the Ghent altarpiece and the Turin-Milan hours ; Roger Van Der Weyden ; Epilogue: The heritage of the founders
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