The Book of Kings: Art, War, and The Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible
Noel, William and Weiss, Daniel
ISBN 10: 1903942160 ISBN 13: 9781903942161
Published by see below, 2002
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2002 Third Millennium large format out of print paperback edition. Light reading wear else very good condition. Seller Inventory # CH-EM4Y-6MRK
Synopsis:
The Morgan Picture Bible was designed to bring selected Old Testament stories into the 13th-century, the time of its original audience. The creators' original intention was to make these stories not only powerful and meaningful, but as appealing and entertaining as possible by placing biblical heroes in contemporary castles, cathedrals, and other daily settings.
This milestone publication marks the first time this manuscript has been presented to the public unbound and so makes the same stories powerful and informative for today's museum visitor. The volume is beautifully illustrated, evoking the color and richness of the original.
About the Author: Dr. William Noel is Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books at the Walters Art Museum and an expert on the late medieval illuminated manuscripts of northern Europe. He has organized manuscript exhibitions both in the United States and in Europe Dr. Daniel Weiss is Dean of the Faculty of the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University and is the world's leading authority on the Morgan Picture Bible. Other contributors include: Professor Jonathan Riley-Smith of Cambridge University; Roger Wieck, Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at The Morgan Library; Kelly Holbert, Assistant Curator for Medieval Art at the Walters; Cathleen A. Fleck, Visiting Assistant Curator of Manuscripts at the Walters; Richard Leson, Hall Curatorial Fellow at the Walters; C. Griffith Mann, Zanvyl Krieger Curatorial Fellow at the Walters; Stephen Fliegel of the Cleveland Museum of Art; M. Shreve Simpson, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow at the Center for Visual Arts of the National Gallery of Art, Washington D. C.; William C. Jordan, Professor of History at Princeton University; Gary Vikan, Director of the Walters.
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Title: The Book of Kings: Art, War, and The Morgan ...
Publisher: see below
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good