The Rohan Master: A Book of Hours

ISBN 10: 0807606901 / ISBN 13: 9780807606902

Published by George Braziller Inc., New York, 1973

About this Item

The Rohan Master: A Book of Hours, introduction by Millard Meiss, introduction and commentaries by Marcel Thomas, red cloth with gilt hardcover in original slipcase. published by George Braziller Inc., 1973. This powerful and breathtakingly beautiful Book of Hours was designed in the fifteenth century by one of the greatest masters of expressionism in France at the time, and executed by him (together with members of his workshop) for a royal patron. A relatively unknown masterpiece, it emerged from artistic obscurity in 1904 to widespread acclaim and critical appreciation. As Millard Meiss points out in his "The Rohan Master cared less about what people do than what they feel. . . .Whereas his great predecessors, the Boucicaut Master and the Limbourgs, excelled in the description of novel aspects of the natural world, he explored the realm of human feeling." And, in his explorations, the Rohan Master disclosed a way of viewing and visually depicting reality (replete with familiar biblical figures, saints, angels, devils) and the emotions of simple men and women - suffering, elation, fear, melancholy, and hope - in a manner that is both original and powerfully moving. "slipcase has some wear, tears to back, some cloth wear, spine scuffs insides clean and tight" BX19.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rohan Master: A Book of Hours
• Publisher: George Braziller Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807606901
• ISBN 13: 9780807606902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 1.3W x 8.6H x 12.2D inches 1.3 inches width by 8.6 inches height by 12.2 inches depth
• Weight: 3.5 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • ART
  • European Art
  • European history
  • European lIterature
  • Literature- classics

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Synopsis

This powerful and breathtakingly beautiful Book of Hours was designed in the fifteenth century by one of the greatest masters of expressionism in France at the time, and executed by him (together with members of his workshop) for a royal patron. A relatively unknown masterpiece, it emerged from artistic obscurity in 1904 to widespread acclaim and critical appreciation.
As Millard Meiss points out in his Introduction: "The Rohan Master cared less about what people do than what they feel. . . .Whereas his great predecessors, the Boucicaut Master and the Limbourgs, excelled in the description of novel aspects of the natural world, he explored the realm of human feeling." And, in his explorations, the Rohan Master disclosed a way of viewing and visually depicting reality (replete with familiar biblical figures, saints, angels, devils) and the emotions of simple men and women - suffering, elation, fear, melancholy, and hope - in a manner that is both original and powerfully moving.
From the first folio of this remarkable and often startling manuscript to the final plate, the entire range of human emotions is compassionately but uncompromisingly explored. Named after the Rohan family, whose arms appear in this manuscript, this distinctive artist earned himself a place as one of the greatest manuscript illuminators of the early Renaissance.

About the Author

Thomas, The Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France.

Millard Meiss (1904-1975) est l un des grands representants de l ecole d histoire de l art americaine influencee par Panofsky. Ses travaux ont porte sur l art italien du Trecento et du Quattrocento, avant qu il ne se consacre totalement a l etude de la miniature francaise.