The Hours of Henry VIII - A Renaissance Masterpiece by Jean Poyet

POYET, Jean ] Roger S Wieck and K Michelle Hearne, William K Voelkle (texts)

ISBN 10: 0807614777 / ISBN 13: 9780807614778

Published by George Braziller / Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 2000

About this Item

1st printing. Large heavy 4to. in fine red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 194pp on thick art paper, colour plates, illustrations in text, etc . [CONDITION: An extremely well preserved AS NEW unread and unmarked copy in an AS NEW complete Dust Jacket. An excellent copy ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Hours of Henry VIII - A Renaissance Masterpiece by Jean Poyet
• Publisher: George Braziller / Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807614777
• ISBN 13: 9780807614778
• Binding: HARDCOVER
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New

About this title

Synopsis

A product for the royal court of France, The Hours of Henry VIII created around 1500 by Jean Poyet, is one of the most splendid Books of Hours from this period. This magnificently illustrated lay book of daily devotions and prayers contains fifty-seven exquisitely hand-painted images all reproduced here together and in colour for the first time. The previously little-known Poyet (active c.1483-1503) enjoyed patronage at the courts of three French Kings. Not only an illuminator of manuscripts of the highest quality, Poyet also created panel paintings, elaborate drawings, and designed theatrical spectacles, all in a style that links Fouquet to Poussin. Author Roger S. Wieck provides a thorough examination of the importance both of this grand manuscript within its art historical context and of Poyet's artistic achievements, which fluidly merged the cool, late Gothic aesthetic of his native northern France with the avant-garde Renaissance style of northern Italy. All known works by Poyet are discussed and illustrated. The volume is enriched with detailed commentaries by William M. Voelkle and K. Michelle Hearne on each section of the Book of Hours and an analysis of the fascinating history of the manuscript (tradition holds that it was once in the collection of Henry VIII, hence its name today).

About the Author

Roger S. Wieck is Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the Morgan Library, New York. He is the author of Painted Prayers: The Book of Hours in Medieval and Renaissance Art and Time Scantified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. William M. Voelkle is Curator and Head of the Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Department at the Morgan Library, New York. K. Michelle Hearne is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the Morgan Library.