TY - BOOK ID - 78642383 TI - Pious memories : the wall-mounted memorial in the Burgundian Netherlands PY - 2015 SN - 9004288341 9789004288348 9789004288324 9004288325 PB - Leiden: Boston: Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Art, Netherlandish KW - Sepulchral monuments, Gothic KW - Memorialization KW - Church decoration and ornament KW - Church ornament KW - Ecclesiastical decoration and ornament KW - Decoration and ornament KW - Interior decoration KW - Religious articles KW - Christian art and symbolism KW - Memorialisation KW - Memorials KW - Gothic sepulchral monuments KW - Netherlandish art KW - Themes, motives. KW - History KW - Art -- Benelux KW - Monuments funéraires gothiques -- Benelux KW - Épitaphes -- Benelux KW - Églises -- Benelux UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78642383 AB - Wall-mounted memorials (or ‘epitaphs’) enjoyed great popularity across the Burgundian Netherlands. Usually installed in churches above graves, they combine images with inscriptions and take the form of sculpted reliefs, brass plaques, or panel paintings. They preserved the memory of the dead and reminded the living to pray for their souls. On occasions, renowned artists like Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden were closely involved in memorials’ creation.In Pious Memories Douglas Brine examines the wall-mounted memorial as a distinct category of funerary monument and shows it to be a significant, if overlooked, aspect of fifteenth-century Netherlandish art. The patronage, functions, and meanings of these objects are considered in the context of contemporary commemorative practices and the culture of memoria. ER -