Binski P (15 results)

7pp, 4 figs, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

7pp, 3 figs, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 29 cm, 415 pp, 184 colour ills. 184 entries. Published to accompany an exhibition . at the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge University Library, from 26 July to 11 December 2005. From the blurb: "Cambridge is the depository of one of the greatest collections of illuminated manuscripts in the world. The present volume is published to accompany the exhibition of some two hundred spectacular Cambridge treasures - from the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Cambridge University Library, and the individual College libraries - covering a unique array of outstanding but rarely seen illuminated books.The Catalogue spans over ten centuries of book production, from the significant sixth-century Gospels of St. Augustine, to the great Romanesque Bibles such as the Bury and Dover Bibles, the exquisite and emotive devotional books of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, up to the refined, classical elegance of the Humanist books of early Renaissance Italy. Manuscripts are grouped thematically under eight headings. The catalogue entries as well as the introductory essays to each section are by well-known authorities in their field, among them the editors Paul Binski and Stella Panayotova, and Jonathan Alexander, Christopher de Hamel, Rosamond McKitterick, Nigel Morgan and Teresa Webber." "All manuscripts catalogued are illustrated in full colour, and there is a Glossary, exhaustive Bibliography, and detailed Index." Near Fine.…

16pp, 10b-w pls, Printed card cover, VGC.

23pp, 5b-w pls, Printed card cover, VGC.

Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 29 cm, 415 pp, 184 colour ills. 184 entries. Published to accompany an exhibition . at the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge University Library, from 26 July to 11 December 2005. From the blurb: "Cambridge is the depository of one of the greatest collections of illuminated manuscripts in the world. The present volume is published to accompany the exhibition of some two hundred spectacular Cambridge treasures - from the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Cambridge University Library, and the individual College libraries - covering a unique array of outstanding but rarely seen illuminated books.The Catalogue spans over ten centuries of book production, from the significant sixth-century Gospels of St. Augustine, to the great Romanesque Bibles such as the Bury and Dover Bibles, the exquisite and emotive devotional books of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, up to the refined, classical elegance of the Humanist books of early Renaissance Italy. Manuscripts are grouped thematically under eight headings. The catalogue entries as well as the introductory essays to each section are by well-known authorities in their field, among them the editors Paul Binski and Stella Panayotova, and Jonathan Alexander, Christopher de Hamel, Rosamond McKitterick, Nigel Morgan and Teresa Webber." "All manuscripts catalogued are illustrated in full colour, and there is a Glossary, exhaustive Bibliography, and detailed Index." Very Good. The bibliophile A R A Hobson's copy, with a FitzWilliam Musum compliments slip presenting the copy to him laid in. Also laid in is a clipping from the TLS of a full-page article by David McKitterick discussing the exhibition and two catalogues of illuminated manuscripts held in Cambridge.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2400grams, ISBN.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2400grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Very Good. 575, numerous b/w and col illus. . PB. Vg. Light crease to spine. .

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. History of Art in the Medieval period 1200 to 1400 .574 illustrated page catalogue of an exhibition shown at the Royasl Acadamy in 1987 in near fine cond.

Hardback. Condition: New. Traces the history of a magnificent landmark in the history of late medieval art and architecture.As the principal royal chapel in the medieval Palace of Westminster, St Stephen's was at the centre of worship for the Plantagenets, a major collegiate foundation of a new kind for the mid-fourteenth century, and a community of national significance in the development of sacred polyphony. During the Reformation, the Chapel was converted into a meeting place for the House of Commons, which it remained for 300 years, shaping the development of British political culture. Its influence continues to be felt today in the design of the Commons chamber. Following the disastrous Palace fire of 1834, the site of the upper chapel was rebuilt as St Stephen's Hall, a gallery of national history, leading to the Central Lobby of the Houses of Parliament.This book tells the story of St Stephen's Chapel, from the thirteenth century to the present day. Sixteen chapters explain the building and its religious life, its political significance, and the antiquarian rediscovery of its former magnificence. Contributors highlight the interaction between visual and political culture; the contexts of kingship and international rivalry that informed the foundation and construction of chapel and college; the effect of medieval St Stephen's on the development of the House of Commons; the adaptation and re-use of St Mary Undercroft; and the creation of St Stephen's Hall in the 1840s. The hall would become a site of Suffragette activism in the campaign for Votes for Women, marked today by a monumental artwork New Dawn, which is the focus of the final chapter.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 400 pages. 9.45x6.69x9.45 inches. In Stock.

Condition: gut. Harvey Miller. The Westminster Retable. History, Technique, Conservation In englischer Sprache. pages.

Cloth, 4to, 30 cm, 575 pp, 120 colour plates, 6 colour maps, 740 black-and-white ills. 748 entries. From the blurb: " The period from 1200 to 1400, spanning the reigns of the five Plantagenet kings from Henyy III to Richard II, is one of the most varied and creative in the history of English art. Despite many interconnections with the Continent, English art forged its own particular characteristics and unrivalled works were produced in, for example, stained glass, illuminated manuscripts and embroidery, the latter becoming justly celebrated and exported throughout Europe. Other English specialities were monumental brass effigies, misericords with their humorous and satirical scenes and carved alabaster panels from Nottingham. This era saw the growth of the Gothic style which developed first in architecture and gradually spread to the other arts. Royal patronage enabled it to flourish and was instrumental in the creation of such seminal buildings as Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster. This book, which accompanies the most ambitious exhibition yet mounted at the Royal Academy of Arts, describes over 700 of the finest works of art of the period gathered from Britain and abroad. They range from the Black Prince's armour and the spectacular gold and jewelled crown of Blanche, daughter of Henry IV, to brilliant stained-glass windows from Canterbury Cathedral and York Minster, and exquisite wooden sculpture from Norway. Authoritative essays by scholars of international repute cover the many different media and also discuss the historical context, the architecture of the period, artistic patronage, the role of artists, and contemporary and later aesthetic responses. All the objects in the exhibition are fully catalogued and illustrated. This book is a lasting tribute to a major exhibition and, with its extensive bibliography and comprehensive index, an important source of reference to the art of Plantagenet England." Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper. …

Hardback, 464 p., 23,8 x 28. ISBN 9781905375288. The late 13th-century Westminster Retable is rightly celebrated as one of the most beautiful and enigmatic panel paintings to have survived from medieval Europe. Its history is not without tragedy. It was made in the Westminster Abbey, one of the most prestigious Gothic churches of the thirteenth century, itself a treasure-house of medieval wall and panel painting; then, after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, it was demoted rapidly to use as part of a large cupboard; its ruination in the eighteenth century just pre-dated the Gothic Revival and its rediscovery and rescue. Since then, it has intrigued commentators because of its extraordinary technical mastery, its value as an ornamental resource for study and, more recently, as an important if fragmentary link in the history of painting in England and France in the thirteenth century. There is every reason to believe that its standing as an artwork was apparent even in the Middle Ages, and that, in short, it may be seen as one of the central monuments of Anglo-French Gothic painting. Languages : English. 0 g.…