Italian illuminated manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Kren, Thomas and Kurt Barstow

ISBN 10: 0892368209 / ISBN 13: 9780892368204

Edité par The J.Paul Getty Museum, Los Ageles, 2005

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Italian illuminated manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum., Kren, Thomas and Kurt Barstow: Quantità: 1 Prezzo: EUR 40,00 Descrizione libro: Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005. Condizione libro: Sehr gut. XVIII, 78 S. Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar. - The Getty's holdings presently consist of forty-four -works, dating from the ninth to the sixteenth century, and include entire manuscripts as well as leaves and cuttings. This volume gathers selections from the Getty's collection that highlight the extraordinary achievement of the Italian tradition of illumination. Examples include multiple illuminations from such sumptuous books as the Montecassino Breviary, the Gualenghi-d'Este Hours, the missal of the antipope John XXIII, and the recently discovered Orsini Missal. Other paintings are such exceptional leaves and cuttirigs as those from the celebrated choir book of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence and the Laudario of the Company of Sant'Agnese, also in Florence. A wide range of artists is included. Two of the most well-known, Pisanello and Girolamo da Cremona, worked for distinguished patrons at court, while others worked in obscurity and are known today only through their illuminations. One of the finest miniatures in this collection, for example, is credited to an artist known only as the Master of Gerona.-Language : english text Size: 170 X240 mm.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Italian illuminated manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum.
• Éditeur: The J.Paul Getty Museum, Los Ageles
• Date de parution: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0892368209
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780892368204
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: prima edizione
• Impression: Prima stampa
• État de l'article: Neuf
• État de la jaquette: Neuf

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Synopsis

The Getty Museum inaugurates a new series of affordable publications that introduce the public to the richness of its holdings in illuminated manuscripts. The first in the series features Italian manuscript illumination from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries. This volume showcases full-colour reproductions of masterpieces by Niccolo da Bologna, Pisanello, Girolamo da Cremona, Taddeo Crivelli, Giovanni di Paolo, Matteo da Milano, Antonio da Monza, and the Master of Gerona, among a number of Italy's finest illuminators. The selection includes multiple illuminations from such sumptuous volumes as the Montecassino Breviary, the Gualenghi-d'Este Hours, the Missal of the Anti-Pope John XXIII, and the recently discovered Orsini Missal, along with exceptional leaves from the celebrated choir books of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Florence, and from the laudario of the Compagnia di Sant'Agnese, Florence. J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM

À propos de l?auteur

Thomas Kren and Kurt Barstow are curator of manuscripts and associate curator of manuscripts, respectively, at the Getty Museum