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Book The Stockholm Kassel Book of Hours

Download or read book The Stockholm Kassel Book of Hours written by Judith Anne Testa and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Rural Space in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age

Download or read book Rural Space in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age written by Albrecht Classen and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 932 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Older research on the premodern world limited its focus on the Church, the court, and, more recently, on urban space. The present volume invites readers to consider the meaning of rural space, both in light of ecocritical readings and social-historical approaches. While previous scholars examined the figure of the peasant in the premodern world, the current volume combines a large number of specialized studies that investigate how the natural environment and the appearance of members of the rural population interacted with the world of the court and of the city. The experience in rural space was important already for writers and artists in the premodern era, as the large variety of scholarly approaches indicates. The present volume signals how much the surprisingly close interaction between members of the aristocratic and of the peasant class determined many literary and art-historical works. In a surprisingly large number of cases we can even discover elements of utopia hidden in rural space. We also observe how much the rural world was a significant element already in early-medieval mentality. Moreover, as many authors point out, the impact of natural forces on premodern society was tremendous, if not catastrophic.

Book Treasures from the World s Great Libraries

Download or read book Treasures from the World s Great Libraries written by National Library of Australia and published by Canberra : National Library of Australia. This book was released on 2001 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full-colour illustrations of all the items in the exhibition with commentary on each.

Book The Use of Models in Medieval Book Painting

Download or read book The Use of Models in Medieval Book Painting written by Monika E. Müller and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-02 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until recently, the phenomenon of copying in medieval book painting has been considered mainly in terms of the reconstruction of pictorial sources used for the composition or iconography of miniatures, initials, or decorative elements. Although historic sources only rarely mention the circumstances of manuscripts’ production, one particular widely-accepted hypothesis has prevailed until now, according to which artists used model drawings or sketch books with the aim of facilitating the production of copies and the creation of new picture cycles. However, it is no longer sufficient to regard medieval book painting in its diachronic dimension only through these lenses. Rather, one should consider Robert W. Scheller’s critique that “When using the model hypothesis one must always be mindful of other factors which are known to have played a part in the transmission of art in the Middle Ages”. The contributions of this volume deal with these issues by focusing on book painting between the 10th and 16th centuries.

Book Spiritual Temporalities in Late Medieval Europe

Download or read book Spiritual Temporalities in Late Medieval Europe written by Michael Foster and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08-11 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nowadays, many take for granted that time is quantifiable and measurable; did the people of medieval Europe feel the same way? How was their perception of time influenced by their religious faith? How did their faith change over time? This book collects various attempts to trace changes to perceptions of time throughout medieval Europe by examining both how time was a spiritual experience for medieval people and how spiritual experiences changed over time in the Middle Ages. The essays in this volume demonstrate from a variety of perspectives that Christian faith was extremely malleable in the late-medieval period, and that various artists, scribes, and writers negotiated with their spiritual tradition. These are the “spiritual temporalities” of the medieval world, and by studying them we gain an understanding of how medieval culture was a dynamic gathering of different voices, movements, and beliefs, which constantly influenced and changed one another.

Book The Robert Lehman Collection

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Pope-Hennessy
  • Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Release : 1987
  • ISBN : 0870998390
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book The Robert Lehman Collection written by John Pope-Hennessy and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1987 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Gerard David

    Book Details:
  • Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
  • Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 0870998773
  • Pages : 362 pages

Download or read book Gerard David written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1998 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ainsworth (Senior Conservation Research Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art) examines the work of the great Bruges painter Gerard David (ca. 1455-1523), focusing on the motivating forces behind the startling changes in his work caused by shifting devotional practices, changing art markets, the accommodation of foreign art clients, and the evolving secular nature of painting demanded by the newly wealthy middle class in the early years of the 16th century. Illustrations, some 343 in all, include abundant comparative material, such as drawings and workshop copies, as well as 69 superb color reproductions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Illuminating the Renaissance

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thomas Kren
  • Publisher : Getty Publications
  • Release : 2003-07-01
  • ISBN : 0892367040
  • Pages : 593 pages

Download or read book Illuminating the Renaissance written by Thomas Kren and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2003-07-01 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and richly illustrated catalogue focuses on the finest illustrated manuscripts produced in Europe during the great epoch in Flemish illumination. During this aesthetically fertile period – beginning in 1467 with the reign of the Burgundian duke Charles the Bold and ending in 1561 with the death of the artist Simon Bening – the art of book painting was raised to a new level of sophistication. Sharing inspiration with the celebrated panel painters of the time, illuminators achieved astonishing innovations in the handling of color, light, texture, and space, creating a naturalistic style that would dominate tastes throughout Europe for nearly a century. Centering on the notable artists of the period – Simon Marmion, the Vienna Master of Mary of Burgundy, Gerard David, Gerard Horenbout, Bening, and others – the catalogue examines both devotional and secular manuscript illumination within a broad context: the place of illuminators within the visual arts, including artistic exchange between book painters and panel painters; the role of court patronage and the emergence of personal libraries; and the international appeal of the new Flemish illumination style. Contributors to the catalogue include Maryan W. Ainsworth, curator of European paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; independent scholar Catherine Reynolds; and Elizabeth Morrison, assistant curator of manuscripts at the Getty Museum. Illuminating the Renaissance is published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Getty Museum, the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and the British Library to be held at the Getty Museum from June 17 to September 7, 2003, and at the Royal Academy of Arts from November 25, 2003 to February 22, 2004.

Book Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum  Stockholm

Download or read book Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Stockholm written by Nationalmuseum (Sweden) and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Layers of Illusion

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  • Author : Brigitte Dekeyzer
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 216 pages

Download or read book Layers of Illusion written by Brigitte Dekeyzer and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Deceptions and Illusions

Download or read book Deceptions and Illusions written by S. Ebert-Schifferer and published by Ben Uri Gallery & Museum. This book was released on 2002 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Oct. 13, 2002-Mar. 2, 2003.

Book Als Ich Can

Download or read book Als Ich Can written by Bert Cardon and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tributes in Honor of James H  Marrow

Download or read book Tributes in Honor of James H Marrow written by Jeffrey F. Hamburger and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains 50 essays by leading scholars in the fields of medieval manuscript studies and the art of the northern Renaissance.

Book Illuminations

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sandra Hindman
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book Illuminations written by Sandra Hindman and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-seven illuminations catalogued in this volume-part of a series cataloguing the more than two thousand works of art in the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art-include illustrations for manuscripts and early instances of small paintings on parchment conceived as independent works of art. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

Book Weaving  Veiling  and Dressing

Download or read book Weaving Veiling and Dressing written by Kathryn M. Rudy and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity is a religion of clothing. To become a priest or a nun is to take the cloth. The Christian liturgy is intimately bound with veiling objects and revealing them. Cloths hide the altar, making it all the more spectacular when it is revealed. Fragments of imported silk cradle the relic, thereby giving identity to the dessicated bone. Much of that silk came from the east, meaning that a material of Islamic origin was a primary signifier of sanctity in Christianity. Weaving, Veiling, and Dressing brings together twelve essays about text and textile, about silk and wool, about the formation of identity through fibre. The essays bring to light hitherto unseen material, and for the first time, establish the function of textiles as a culturally rich way to approach the Middle Ages. Textiles were omnipresent in the medieval church, but have not survived well. To uncover their uses, presence, and meanings in the Middle Ages is to reconsider the period spun, draped, clothed, shrouded, and dressed. Textiles in particular were essential to the performance of devotion and of the liturgy. Brightly dyed cloth was a highly visible maker of meaning. While some aspects of culture have been studied, namely the important tapestry industry, as well as some of the repercussions and activities of cloth guilds, other areas of textile studies in the period are yet to be studied. This book brings an interdisciplinary approach to new material, drawing on art history, anthropology, medieval text history, theology, and gender and performance studies. It makes a compelling miscellany exploring the nature of Christianity in the largely uninvestigated field of text and textile interplay.

Book The Robert Lehman Collection  Illuminations

Download or read book The Robert Lehman Collection Illuminations written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Lehman, one of the foremost art collectors of his generation, embraced traditional and modern masters. This work catalogues 130 nineteenth- and 20th-century paintings that are part of the Robert Lehman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum. It includes paintings by Ingres, Theodore Rousseau, and Corot among other early 19th-century artists. In addition to a group of early German drawings, this collection includes a Saint Paul from a series associated with Jan van Eyck and the famous Scupstoel from the circle of Rogier van der Weyden. It discusses all drawings, placing each in its art historical setting and complementing it with comparative illustrations of related works.

Book Host Bibliographic Record for Boundwith Item Barcode 30112118730362 and Others

Download or read book Host Bibliographic Record for Boundwith Item Barcode 30112118730362 and Others written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: