The Trs Riches Heures (Hardcover)

Millard Meiss

ISBN 10: 080761596X / ISBN 13: 9780807615966

Published by George Braziller Inc, New York, 2009

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Hardcover. The Tres Riches Heures is the most luxurious and most famous examples of manuscript illumination in late medieval Europe. Commissioned by the influential patron, Jean de Berry, in the early years of the fifteenth century, this masterpiece was executed by the three Limbourg brothers, the greatest miniaturists of the time. Their beautifully presented texts are accompanied by lush illustrations, in which the artists' imaginative and decorative genius are fully revealed. Their elegant images influenced the course of painting in France and all of Northern Europe; but, as Millard Meiss comments, 'no painter could match the smooth perfection of their surface, their limpid colour and complex simplicity. Their art could capture the delicate transitory beauty of a newly opened flower.' This edition reproduces each of the miniatures in The Tres Riches Heures to scale and in full colour, capturing both the subtle colour and minute detail of these historic images. AUTHOR: Millard Meiss (1904-1975), an American art historian, taught art history at Columbia from 1934 to 1953 and thereafter was professor at Harvard until 1958, when he joined the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J. He edited several leading art journals and wrote articles and books on medieval and Renaissance painting. SELLING POINTS: . Reproducing the most luxurious and most famous illuminated manuscript, this special, slip-cased edition displays one of the finest extant masterpieces of late medieval Europe 139 colour illustrations "The Tres Riches Heures" is the most luxurious and most famous examples of manuscript illumination in late medieval Europe. This title reproduces each of the miniatures in "The Tres Riches Heures" to scale and in full colour, capturing both the subtle colour and minute detail of these historic images. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Trs Riches Heures (Hardcover)
• Publisher: George Braziller Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080761596X
• ISBN 13: 9780807615966
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Limbourg Brothers
• Condition: new

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Presented in a beautifully designed Slipcase

The Tres Riches Heures' is the most luxurious and most famous examples of manuscript illumination in late medieval Europe. Commissioned by Jean de Berry in the early years of the 15th century, this masterpiece was executed by the three Limbourg brothers, the greatest miniaturists of the time.

About the Author

Millard Meiss (1904-1975), an American art historian, taught art history at Columbia from 1934 to 1953 and thereafter was professor at Harvard until 1958, when he joined the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J. He edited several leading art journals and wrote articles and books on medieval and Renaissance painting.