The Gouda Windows (1552-1572) : Art and Catholic Renewal on the Eve of the Dutch Revolt.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Illustrations -- Note to the Reader -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Patronage -- 1.1 A Clean Slate -- 1.2 Clerical Patrons -- 1.3 Royal and Noble Donors -- 1.4 Employing the Artists -- Chapter 2 The Choir: He Must Increase, and I Must Decrease -- 2.1 John the Baptist as a Foil to Christ -- 2.2 An Elusive Written Program -- 2.3 Testimony about Christ -- 2.4 Imprisonment and Death -- 2.5 The Bible and St. Augustine -- 2.6 Beyond St. Augustine: Erasmus and Herman Lethmaet -- 2.7 The Apostle Series in the Clerestory -- Chapter 3 The Transept: There Shall No Sign Be Given -- 3.1 A Separate Program? -- 3.2 The King's Window -- 3.3 Margaret of Parma's Gift -- 3.4 Jonah and Balaam -- 3.5 Turmoil in the Temple -- Chapter 4 The Nave: But Ye Shall Receive Power -- 4.1 Elburga van den Boetzelaer and the Queen of Sheba -- 4.2 Margaretha van der Marck as a Second Judith -- 4.3 Philip de Ligne, a Crippled Warlord Praying to Be Healed -- 4.4 Choir, Transept and Nave: One Narrative? -- Chapter 5 Protestant Appropriation -- 5.1 Catholic spolia, 1580-1581 -- 5.2 Protestant Patrons Claim the High Moral Ground, 1593-1604 -- 5.3 The Removal of 'Ungodly' Images -- 5.4 Recontextualization -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Names.

Xander van Eck analyses the iconography of the stained-glass window cycle at the Sint Janskerk in Gouda, the largest ensemble of Renaissance art in the Northern Netherlands.

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