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Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Illuminated Manuscripts

By Kren T.

Book information

Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14170502 bytes)
Pages
\130
Topic
Art Graphic Arts
Library
twirpx
Time added
2017-08-07 07:01:42
Искусство и искусствоведение;Изобразительное искус

Description

Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1997 — 128 p. — ISBN-10: 0892364467; ISBN-13: 978-0892364466.The Getty Museum’s collection of illuminated manuscripts, featured in this book, comprises masterpieces of medieval and Renaissance art. Dating from the tenth to the sixteenth century, they were produced in France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, England, Spain, Poland, and the eastern Mediterranean. Among the highlights are four Ottonian manuscripts, Romanesque treasures from Germany, Italy, and France, an English Gothic Apocalypse, and late medieval manuscripts painted by such masters as Jean Fouquet, Girolamo da Cremona, Simon Marmion, and Joris Hoefnagel. Included are glistening liturgical books, intimate and touching devotional books for private use, books of the Bible, lively histories by Giovanni Boccaccio and Jean Froissart, and a breathtaking Model Book of Calligraphy.

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