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This study focuses on the stylistic evolution of tapestry design in the Netherlands beginning with the development by Netherlandish designers in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries of an aesthetic that emphasized narrative and decorative qualities.
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Often slighted by art historians, tapestries were actually the most widely commissioned figurative art form in Europe in the 1500s. In Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence, Thomas P. Campbell and other scholarly contributors survey the elaborate woven hangings produced primarily by Flemish workshops for the palaces and cathedrals of Italy and Northern Europe. The authors discuss the designers' careers, patrons' motives, symbolic meanings of the imagery, and stylistic features unique to the labor-intensive medium. Initially, the need to lessen skilled weavers' workloads led designers to arrange elaborately costumed figures in manageable rows. Raphael's cartoons (full-size drawings) for the monumental "Acts of the Apostles" tapestries, commissioned by Pope Leo X, moved the art form into a new era. Flemish designers incorporated Raphael's spatially persuasive treatment of the figure into sophisticated narratives full of anecdotal detail. The 250 color photographs, specially commissioned for this catalog for an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum in spring 2002, vividly illuminate the technical brilliance of these works. --Cathy Curtis
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This exquisite book is the catalogue for an exhibition to be held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from March 14 to June 19, 2002.
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- PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0300093705
- ISBN 13 9780300093704
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages600
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Hardbound. Black cloth with color illustrated glossy dust jacket; illus. flyleaves. x, 594 pp. 250 color and 150 monochrome plates. Issued in conjunction with a 2002 exhibition. "Focuses on the stylistic evolution of tapestry design in the Netherlands beginning with the development by Netherlandish designers in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries of an aesthetic that emphasized narrative and decorative qualities." (dj) Approaches the subject in chronological order. The annotated and illustrated catalogue presents 63 specific pieces. Includes bibliography and many beautiful plates. A superb reference that you will be glad to own. VG+/VG. Most minimal of edge wear to dust jacket. Clean and tight contents. Seller Inventory # 102435
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