Imagining the Past in France: History in Manuscript Painting, 1250-1500
- 作者
- 出版社 J. Paul Getty Museum
- 出版时间 2010年11月
- ISBN 1606060295 或 9781606060292
- 定价 413.00
内容简介
Fromaround1250tothecloseofthefifteenthcentury,themostimportantandoriginalworkbeingdoneinsecularilluminationwasunquestionablyinFrenchvernacularhistorymanuscripts.ThisvolumecelebratesthevividhistoricalimageryproducedduringtheseyearsbybringingtogethersomeofthefinestmasterpiecesofilluminationcreatedintheMiddleAges.Itisthefirstmajorpublicationtofocusonexploringthewaysinwhichtextandilluminationworkedtogethertohelpshowmedievalreaderstheroleandpurposeofhistory.TheimagesenabledthepasttocomealivebeforetheeyesofmedievalreadersbyrelatingtheadventuresofepicfiguressuchasHectorofTroy,AlexandertheGreat,theHolyRomanEmperorCharlemagne,andeventheVirginMary.Presentedhereareapproximatelyfifty-fivemanuscriptsfromovertwenty-fivelibrariesandmuseumsacrosstheUnitedStatesandEurope,supplementedbymedievalobjectsrangingfromtapestriestoivoryboxes.TogethertheyshowhowhistoricalnarrativescametoplayadecisiveroleattheFrenchcourtandintheprocessinspiredsomeofthemostoriginalandsplendidartworksofthetime.AdditionalcontributorstothisvolumeincludeÉlisabethAntoine,R.HowardBloch,KeithBusby,JoyceColeman,ErinK.Donovan,andGabrielleM.Spiegel.
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