Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe

Thomas Kren, Scot McKendrick, Maryan Wynn Ainsworth, Maria-Tere Alvarez, Brigitte Dekeyzer, Richard Gay, Elizabeth Morrison, Catherine Reynolds,

ISBN 10: 0892367040 / ISBN 13: 9780892367047

Published by J. Paul Getty Trust Publications July 2003, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Trust Publications July 2003
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0892367040
• ISBN 13: 9780892367047
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Used - Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art - Illuminated Manuscripts

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Synopsis

This comprehensive and richly illustrated catalogue focuses on the finest illustrated manuscripts produced in Europe during the great epoch in Flemish illumination. During this aesthetically fertile period - beginning in 1467 with the reign of the Burgundian duke Charles the Bold and ending in 1561 with the death of the artist Simon Bening - the art of book painting was raised to a new level of sophistication.Sharing inspiration with the celebrated panel painters of the time, illuminators achieved astonishing innovations in the handling of colour, light, texture, and space, creating a naturalistic style that would dominate tastes throughout Europe for nearly a century. Focusing on the notable artists of the period - Simon Marmion, the Vienna Master of Mary of Burgundy, Gerard David, Gerard Horenbout, Bening, and others - the catalogue examines both devotional and secular manuscript illumination within a broad context.