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The Robert Lehman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume IV: Illuminations
Sandra Hindman
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Description for The Robert Lehman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume IV: Illuminations
Hardback. Features miniatures and cuttings from medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. This book features the major schools of illumination that flourished in Europe from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century. Series: Robert Lehman Collection Catalogues. Num Pages: 256 pages, 250 illus., including 33 color plates 217 duotones. BIC Classification: ACK; ACN; AKLB; GBCR; WFU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 287 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1650.
This book presents the exceptional group of illuminations in the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The miniatures and cuttings from medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in this collection represent the major schools of illumination that flourished in Europe from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century. Robert Lehman (1892-1969), one of the great private art collectors of the twentieth century, collected these illuminations as an extension of his remarkable collection of early European paintings and drawings. Among the works catalogued here are a miniature by Simon Marmion--the "prince d'enluminure"--painted for a Breviary for Charles the Bold and Margaret ... Read more
This book presents the exceptional group of illuminations in the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The miniatures and cuttings from medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in this collection represent the major schools of illumination that flourished in Europe from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century. Robert Lehman (1892-1969), one of the great private art collectors of the twentieth century, collected these illuminations as an extension of his remarkable collection of early European paintings and drawings. Among the works catalogued here are a miniature by Simon Marmion--the "prince d'enluminure"--painted for a Breviary for Charles the Bold and Margaret ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Robert Lehman Collection Catalogues
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691059716
SKU
V9780691059716
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About Sandra Hindman
Sandra Hindman is Professor of Art History at Northwestern University. Mirella Levi D'Ancona is Professor Emerita at Hunter College, City University of New York. Pia Palladino is Research Associate in the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Maria Francesca Saffiotti is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
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