Format:
472 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Notenbeispiele
ISBN:
9781912168200
Content:
The outstanding Burke Collection of Italian miniatures, which is housed in Special Collections in the Stanford University Libraries, has been built over more than twenty years and includes manuscript leaves, cuttings, and codices by many of the greatest Italian artists of the medieval and Renaissance periods. Works in the collection range in date from the 12th through the 16th centuries, and in them we see masterfully painted initials, borders, and miniatures that enhance our appreciation of the great skill that John Ruskin called ?writing made beautiful.?00Comprised of over 40 miniatures from 35 different artists representing 13 different regions of Italy, the collection is characterized by its astonishingly high quality. It includes works produced by the most renowned Italian illuminators, who are often also documented as painters. Artists from Florence and Siena are certainly the best represented in the Burke collection. These include masterpieces by Don Simone Camaldolese and Lorenzo Monaco of Florence, and Giovanni di Paolo and Pellegrino di Mariano of Siena. The collection equally underlines the range of styles achieved by Italian illuminators active in Emilia-Romana, where great interpreters of Giotto were active, such as Neri da Rimini, Tommaso da Modena, and Nicolò di Giacomo, as well as masterpieces of the Venetian school, such as works by Cristoforo Cortese and the Master of the Murano Gradual. Lombardy is represented by one of the notable specialists of late Gothic painting, the Olivetan Master. Among the many highlights, there is the incomparable and world-class Crucifixion of the Master of Saint Francis of Assisi.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis (Seite 432-457) und Indizes
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Die im Impressum angegebene ISBN "978-1-912168-18-7" ist falsch. Sie bezieht sich auf den Titel "French miniatures". - Die angegebene ISBN wurde anhand der Angaben auf dem Schutzumschlag sowie der Angaben auf der Verlagswebseite ermittelt
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
Keywords:
Burke, Katherine States
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Burke, T. Robert
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Sammlung
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Italien
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Buchmalerei
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Geschichte 1100-1500
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Katalog
Author information:
Hindman, Sandra 1944-
Author information:
De Hamel, Christopher 1950-
