The Revival of Medieval Illumination: Nineteenth-Century Belgium Manuscripts and Illuminations from a European Perspective (KADOC Artes) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9058675912 ISBN 13: 9789058675910

Publisher: Leuven University Press, 2008

Synopsis

KADOC Artes 8The art of illumination, usually associated with the Middle Ages, experienced a spectacular revival in nineteenth-century Western Europe. This completely different context gave the illuminations another import. The output of the lay and religious workshops reveals a great artistic, stylistic, technical, and thematic diversity. The works illuminated go far beyond the world of exceptional and precious manuscripts and include many occasional documents and devotional images.Richly illustrated with unpublished masterworks, The Revival of Medieval Illumination is an overview of the form by fifteen authors who do not limit their approach to the traditional questions of art history. Rather, they explore the historical, sociocultural, ideological and religious components of the revival, which changed according to time and country, in order to understand the evolution and success of the art of illumination in the long nineteenth century.

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About the Author:

Thomas Coomans is professor of architectural history and heritage conservation at the University of Leuven, Department of Architecture and Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Leuven University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 9058675912
• ISBN 13: 9789058675910
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Coomans Thomas, De Maeyer Jan