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18%OFFElizabeth Morrison - Imagining the Past in France – History in Manuscript Painting, 1250–1500 - 9781606060285 - V9781606060285
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Imagining the Past in France – History in Manuscript Painting, 1250–1500

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Description for Imagining the Past in France – History in Manuscript Painting, 1250–1500 Hardback. This exquisite volume beautifully reproduces and insightfully examines the most important illuminations found in French history manuscripts. Num Pages: 383 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 235 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2410.

From around 1250 to the close of the fifteenth century, the most important and original work being done in secular illumination was unquestionably in French vernacular history manuscripts. This volume celebrates the vivid historical imagery produced during these years by bringing together some of the finest masterpieces of illumination created in the Middle Ages. It is the first major publication to focus on exploring the ways in which text and illumination worked together to help show medieval readers the role and purpose of history. The images enabled the past to come alive before the eyes of medieval readers by relating ... Read more

Presented here are approximately fifty-five manuscripts from over twenty-five libraries and museums across the United States and Europe, supplemented by medieval objects ranging from tapestries to ivory boxes. Together they show how historical narratives came to play a decisive role at the French court and in the process inspired some of the most original and splendid artworks of the time. Additional contributors to this volume include Élisabeth Antoine, R. Howard Bloch, Keith Busby, Joyce Coleman, Erin K. Donovan, and Gabrielle M. Spiegel.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
383
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9781606060285
SKU
V9781606060285
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