BOOK OF HOURS OF ANNE OF BRITTANY | Art Book | Luxury Edition: Silk Bound, Hardcover, Dust-jacket | 13.3x9.2 in | 34x24 cm | 400 pgs | Jean Bourdichon's masterpiece - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8496400271 ISBN 13: 9788496400276

Publisher: M. Moleiro Editor S.A.

Synopsis

Brutal martyrdoms of Saints are here depicted by the genius hand of Jean Bourdichon like that of Saint Sebastian or Saint Margaret and many more that were savagely performed and here are vividly depicted.

A masterpiece of French painting, as is fitting for a manuscript intended for someone who was twice queen of France: with Charles VIII and then Louis XII.

The folios of this codex feature veritable paintings rather than the miniatures usual in this type of book. Jean Bourdichon painted almost fifty full-page scenes with gold frames upon a ground of parchment dyed black. These miniatures are comparable to paintings on canvas or board not only because of their dimensions but also because of their foregrounds, use of perspective, pictorial technique, realism of the portraits, etc.

The life and martyrdom of several saints is masterfuly depicted by Bourdichon in this book with an incomparable beauty. We can appreciate breath taking colourful scenes featured by Saint Cosmas, Saint Damian, Saint Ursula, Saint Margaret, Saint Mary Magdalene, Saint Sebastian, the ten thousand martyrs, etc.
CONTENTS:

From the editor to the reader

Description of the manuscript Marie-Pierre Laffitte (Curator in the department of Manuscripts, Bibliothèque nationale de France)

Anne of Brittany Georges Minois (Historian of Brittany)

The plants in the Great Hours of Anne of Brittany Michèle Bilimoff (Research engineer in archaeology, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS))

Iconography and iconology of the Great Hours of Anne of Brittany Carlos Miranda García-Tejedor (Doctor in History)

Index of plants Basic bibliography

It probably inspired Codex Seraphinianus.

Edition details

• Publisher: M. Moleiro Editor S.A.
• ISBN 10: 8496400271
• ISBN 13: 9788496400276
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1