The Revival of Medieval Illumination - Renaissance de l'enluminure médiévale

Coomans TH., De Maeyer Jan (Eds.)

ISBN 10: 9058675912 / ISBN 13: 9789058675910

Edité par Leuven University Press, Leuven, 2007

A propos de cet article

336 pp. Richly illustr. Leuven University Press, Leuven 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. KADOC Artes 8. Nineteenth-Century Belgium Manuscripts and Illuminations from a European Perspective - Manuscrits et enluminures belges du XIXe siècle et leur contexte européen. Texts in English and French. A very good copy. Upper right corner slightly bumped. Ex. library of the Library of the Ghent University: usual labels, stamps and numbers.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Revival of Medieval Illumination - Renaissance de l'enluminure médiévale
• Éditeur: Leuven University Press, Leuven
• Date de parution: 2007
• Langue: multilingue
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 9058675912
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9789058675910
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket
• Poids: 2 kilogrammes
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Belgium
  • illumination
  • 19th Century

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Synopsis

The art of illumination, usually associated with the Middle Ages, experienced a spectacular revival in nineteenth-century Western Europe. This completely different context gave the illuminations another import. The output of the lay and religious workshops reveals a great artistic, stylistic, technical and typological diversity. The works illuminated go far beyond the world of exceptional and precious manuscripts and include many occasional documents, as well as golden books, devotional images, etc. Richly illustrated with unpublished masterworks, the present volume offers an overview of the important revival of medieval illumination. The fifteen authors do not limit their approach to the traditional questions of art history. Rather, they explore the historical, socio-cultural, ideological and religious components of the revival, which changed according to time and country, in order to understand the evolution and success of the art of illumination in the long nineteenth century.

À propos de l?auteur

Thomas Coomans is professor of architectural history and heritage conservation at the University of Leuven, Department of Architecture and Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation.