Choirs of Angels; Painting in Italian Choir Books, 1300-1500

Boehm, Barbara Drake

ISBN 10: 0300141424 / ISBN 13: 9780300141429

Edité par Metropolitan Museum of Art/Yale University Press, New York/New Haven, 2008

A propos de cet article

64 pages, numerous color illustrations, map, notes; 4to, green wraps/pictorial front. Fine.

N° de réf. du vendeur 028286

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Choirs of Angels; Painting in Italian Choir Books, 1300-1500
• Éditeur: Metropolitan Museum of Art/Yale University Press, New York/New Haven
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0300141424
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780300141429
• Reliure: Soft cover
• État de l'article: Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Catholic Liturgy

A propos de ce titre

Synopsis

This delightful book describes and illustrates the Metropolitan Museum’s collection of nearly 40 illuminations from Italian choral manuscripts. Representing the work of Gothic and Renaissance masters both celebrated and anonymous, these precious paintings in miniature---with their compelling narrative, brilliant color, and shining gold---bear witness to exceptional aesthetic accomplishment. The choir books they illuminate are a rich source of information about the development of chant, whose unexpected transcendent tonalities have abiding appeal today. They also serve as primary sources for the study of the lives of religious communities and of the philosophy and faith that infused medieval Europe, offering a glimpse of Italy at the dawn of the Renaissance.

Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Exhibition Schedule:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (November 25, 2008 – April 12, 2009)

À propos de l?auteur

Barbara Drake Boehm is Curator, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.