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Bovey, Alixe

 
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Synopsis

In the 1470s, one of the most innovative artists working in Bruges illuminated a Book of Hours for Jean Carpentin, lord of Gravile and prominent citizen of Normandy. Known as the Master of the Dresden Prayer Book after one of his other masterpieces, this artist and members of his workshop enriched the pages of Carpentin’s manuscript with miniatures, historiated initials and boldly colored borders in which human figures, monsters and monkeys are framed by twisting branches of acanthus.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In the 1470s one of the most innovative artists working in Bruges illuminated a book of Hours for Jean Carpentin, a Picardy nobleman in the service of the Burgundian court. Known as the Master of the Dresden Prayer Book, the artist enriched the pages of Carpentin's manuscript with miniatures, historiated initials and boldly coloured borders in which human figures, monsters and monkeys cavort.

Biographie de l'auteur

Alixe Bovey is Lecturer in History and Director of the Centre of Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Kent.

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