French Painting in the Time of Jean de Berry - Two Volumes The Limbourgs and their Contemporaries

Published by Thames and Hudson Ltd., London,, 1974

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Two volumes quarto; hardcover, with gilt upper board decorations and spine titles on green labels; 901pp. [543pp. + 358pp.] with 35 colour plates. Vol. 1 (Text): slightly shaken; upper text block edges spotted. Dustwrapper rubbed with minor shelfwear. Vol. 2 (Plates): upper text block edges spotted; mild scattered foxing to the preliminaries. Dustwrapper slightly rubbed. Very good. Wrappers now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film, Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. During the years 1400-25 the great patron and book collector Jean, Duc de Berry, was one of the principal figures in the development of French art. It was for him that the Limbourg brothers created Les Belles Heures du Duc de Berry and Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry - two supreme masterpieces of one of the greatest ages of manuscript illumination. Professor Meiss identifies the characteristics of French painting of this time, concentrating on the literary, intellectual and religious context in which the Limbourgs and their contemporaries worked. He also shows how all these artists fused the principles of Italian trecento painting with a Northern love of light and texture. The final section contains catalogues of the few extant panels of the principal illuminated manuscripts and of the major workshops of the period. The illustrations include all the miniatures from Les Tres Riches Heures and all their work in an earlier Bible.…

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Title
French Painting in the Time of Jean de Berry - Two Volumes The Limbourgs and their Contemporaries
Author
Meiss, Millard
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd., London,
Publication year
1974

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