Early Medieval Book Illumination

Author : Otto Pächt
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ISBN 13 : 9781872501765
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Book Illumination in the Middle Ages written by Otto Pächt and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on lectures given at the University of Vienna, this book examines all types of book decoration and illumination between late Antiquity and the Renaissance from the point of view of format and style. Pacht explains the basic vocabulary and concepts by which this art-form is to be understood, and offers insights into the philosophy, theology, technology and culture underlying its history. His subjects include pictorial decoration in the organic structure of the book; the initial; bible illustration; didactic miniatures; illustration of the apocalypse; illustration of the psalter; the conflict of surface and space. Now available in paperback.

Author : Carl Adam Johan Nordenfalk
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Medieval Book Illumination written by Carl Adam Johan Nordenfalk and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1988 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the history of illuminated manuscripts, and shows examples of late Roman, pre-Carolingian, Carolingian, and Ottonian illumination.

Author : Carl Adam Johan Nordenfalk
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies in the History of Book Illumination written by Carl Adam Johan Nordenfalk and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 15 papers on medieval manuscript illumination, from the origins of the art in late antiquity to late medieval French illumination

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ISBN 13 : 9780980016505
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Saint John's Bible written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dorothy Verkerk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781107402003
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Medieval Bible Illumination and the Ashburnham Pentateuch written by Dorothy Verkerk and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ashburnham Pentateuch is an early medieval illuminated manuscript of the Old Testament whose pictures are among the oldest surviving and most extensive biblical illustrations. Dorothy Verkerk reveals how its colorful and complex illustrations of Genesis and Exodus explained important church teachings. She provides a key to understanding the relationship between the text and pictures. Arguing that the manuscript was created in Italy, Verkerk also solves a mystery that has baffled scholars over the last century.

Author : Christopher De Hamel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Illuminated Manuscripts written by Christopher De Hamel and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Illuminated manuscripts are perhaps the most beautiful treasures to survive from the middle ages. This authoritative volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the medieval world of books, their production and their consumption. The text divides this world into different groups of readers and writers: missionaries, emperors, monks, students, aristocrats, priests, collectors and the general public. De Hamel is both informative and immensely readable, and the sumptuous illustrations render this book too good to be missed."--From Amazon.com

Author : Henry Mayr-Harting
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ottonian Book Illumination written by Henry Mayr-Harting and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seminal work, originally published in two seperate clothbound volumes, is now made available in a revised one-volume edition, both in hardback and in paperback. It brings to light an aesthic passage of European history which has never before received full-scale treatment in English. It explains, historically and with a rich body of illustrations, the origins and momentum of a magnificent movement of German art, and shows, through this powerful and expressive art, how religion and political ideaology were interwined in Ottonian culture from about 950 to 1050. Besides dealing with the great imperials books such as the Gospels of Otto III and the Pericopes Book of Henry II, as well as other splendid liturgical manuscripts, the author also writes with penetrating insight about the great art-loving bishops such as Egbert of Trier and Bernard of Hildesheim, whose aims ans personalitites are express in the books they commissioned. In addition, the most important art centres of the Ottonian Empire - Reichenau, Cologne, Fulda and Corvey - are discussed in detail.

Author : Elizabeth Morrison
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606065904
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Book of Beasts written by Elizabeth Morrison and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2019 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of the visual contributions of the bestiary--one of the most popular types of illuminated books during the Middle Ages--and an exploration of its lasting legacy. Brimming with lively animals both real and fantastic, the bestiary was one of the great illuminated manuscript traditions of the Middle Ages. Encompassing imaginary creatures such as the unicorn, siren, and griffin; exotic beasts including the tiger, elephant, and ape; as well as animals native to Europe like the beaver, dog, and hedgehog, the bestiary is a vibrant testimony to the medieval understanding of animals and their role in the world. So iconic were the stories and images of the bestiary that its beasts essentially escaped from the pages, appearing in a wide variety of manuscripts and other objects, including tapestries, ivories, metalwork, and sculpture. With over 270 color illustrations and contributions by twenty-five leading scholars, this gorgeous volume explores the bestiary and its widespread influence on medieval art and culture as well as on modern and contemporary artists like Pablo Picasso and Damien Hirst. Published to accompany an exhibition on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center May 14 to August 18, 2019.

Author : Bryan C. Keene
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 160606598X
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toward a Global Middle Ages written by Bryan C. Keene and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important and overdue book examines illuminated manuscripts and other book arts of the Global Middle Ages. Illuminated manuscripts and illustrated or decorated books—like today’s museums—preserve a rich array of information about how premodern peoples conceived of and perceived the world, its many cultures, and everyone’s place in it. Often a Eurocentric field of study, manuscripts are prisms through which we can glimpse the interconnected global history of humanity. Toward a Global Middle Ages is the first publication to examine decorated books produced across the globe during the period traditionally known as medieval. Through essays and case studies, the volume’s multidisciplinary contributors expand the historiography, chronology, and geography of manuscript studies to embrace a diversity of objects, individuals, narratives, and materials from Africa, Asia, Australasia, and the Americas—an approach that both engages with and contributes to the emerging field of scholarly inquiry known as the Global Middle Ages. Featuring more than 160 color illustrations, this wide-ranging and provocative collection is intended for all who are interested in engaging in a dialogue about how books and other textual objects contributed to world-making strategies from about 400 to 1600.

Author : Timothy Husband
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588392945
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Illumination written by Timothy Husband and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2008 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: