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The Tres Riches Heures: One of the Miracles of Art History
Millard Meiss
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Description for The Tres Riches Heures: One of the Miracles of Art History
Hardback. "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. Num Pages: 224 pages, 139 col. BIC Classification: ACN; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 218 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1652.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
George Braziller Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
1651g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807615966
SKU
V9780807615966
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About Millard Meiss
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.
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