Revealing the Rothschild Prayer Book c. 1505-1510: From the Kerry Stokes Collection - Couverture rigide

Manion, Margaret M; Sutton, Kay

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1925162397 ISBN 13 : 9781925162394

Editeur : Fremantle Press, 2016

Synopsis

The Rothschild Prayer Book is an acknowledged masterpiece of Renaissance manuscript illumination. Acquired by the Kerry Stokes Collection in 2014, it includes miniatures of unsurpassed beauty and refined execution by the most renowned and sought-after illuminators of the era. This unique book is a must-have for art historians, scholars and lovers of fine art.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Margaret M. Manion is one of Australia's pre-eminent art historians, whose scholarship on Medieval and Renaissance art, in particular the art of the illuminated manuscript, is acclaimed internationally. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (of which she was Deputy President) and of the Australian College of Education. She was a foundation member for Australia of the Comité International d'Histoire de l'Art, a foundation member of the Società di Storia della Miniatura, Italy, and served for two terms as Foreign Adviser to the International Center of Medieval Art, New York. In 1996 she joined Christie's, where she heads the manuscript team with worldwide responsibility for the appraisal, research, cataloguing and marketing of Medieval, Renaissance and earlier Western manuscripts.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fremantle Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1925162397
• ISBN 13: 9781925162394
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 64
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible