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Jacques Daret: Beyond the Arras Altarpiece

Zinn, Nancy E.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407945442

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1997, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, History of Art.
This study examines the life and work of the fifteenth-century Tournai painter, Jacques Daret. A pupil of Robert Campin, the so-called Master of Flemalle, Daret is the author of one of the best documented of all Early Netherlandish altarpieces, the Arras Altarpiece, which was completed for the Abbey of St. Vaast, Arras in 1435. Apart from this fact, little else is generally known about him. Following a review of the Campin, Flemalle, and Daret literature in chapter 1, a biography of Daret is presented in chapter 2. By considering the evidence of the painter's activity as designer of tapestries and metalwork, decorator for court festivals, and his possible role as illuminator of manuscripts, a more complete understanding of Daret's extended career is attained. As his only documented works, the four surviving panels from the Arras Altarpiece form the basis for an analysis of Daret's individual style in chapter 3. Along with an examination of the paint surfaces, Daret's underpainting and underdrawing styles as revealed by X-radiography and infrared reflectography are also discussed. In chapter 4, this stylistic analysis is applied to a group of paintings whose attributions are currently debated. New attributions are proposed which not only extend Daret's oeuvre beyond the four Arras panels, but also raise questions about our current understanding of fifteenth-century workshop practices. An analysis of the historical context, original appearance, and iconographic program of the 1434-35 Arras Altarpiece is presented in chapter 5. Daret's second major work for the Abbey of St. Vaast, the lost Holy Spirit Altarpiece of c.1453-55 is discussed in chapter 6. Along with its historical context and iconographic program, a theoretical reconstruction of its original appearance, based on an analysis of the St. Vaast documents and a comparison with extant paintings in the circle of Daret, is proposed. Conclusions of the study are summarized in chapter 7.
Anne M. Morganstern (Advisor)
Barbara J. Haeger (Committee Member)
Francis L. Richardson (Committee Member)
323 p.
Art History

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  • Zinn, N. E. (1997). Jacques Daret: Beyond the Arras Altarpiece [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407945442

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Zinn, Nancy. Jacques Daret: Beyond the Arras Altarpiece. 1997. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407945442.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Zinn, Nancy. "Jacques Daret: Beyond the Arras Altarpiece." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407945442

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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