Written by a world-renowned authority on the subject, this lavishly illustrated introduction to book illumination--one of the most significant art forms of the Middle Ages--is a unique account of facts and ideas gathered during a lifetime of teaching and research.

Book Illumination in the Middle Ages (Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History)

History

Pächt, Otto

Europe

Oxford University Press

The late 14th and early 15th centuries saw a new style of painting emerging in Northern Europe, the proponents of which included the Van Eyck brothers and the Master Flemalle. Otto Pacht presents his thoughts and observations on these artists and their contemporaries, and on the intellectual and artistic climate of the time. He focuses in particular on the works of the Master of Flemalle, Jan and Hubert van Eyck and The Ghent Altarpiece. Wonderfully illustrated throughout.

Van Eyck and the Founders of Early Netherlandish Painting

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Harvey Miller Pub

Based on lectures given at the University of Vienna, this book examines all types of book decoration and illumination between late Antiquity and the Renaissance from the point of view of format and style. Pacht explains the basic vocabulary and concepts by which this art-form is to be understood, and offers insights into the philosophy, theology, technology and culture underlying its history. His subjects include pictorial decoration in the organic structure of the book; the initial; bible illustration; didactic miniatures; illustration of the apocalypse; illustration of the psalter; the conflict of surface and space. Now available in paperback.

Book Illumination in the Middle Ages: An Introduction (Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History)

ALEXANDER, J.J.G.

This volume follows on from Pacht's work on the Van Eycks and their circle, to encompass the great artists of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Figures such as Van Der Weyden, Bouts, Christus, Van Der Goes and Memling, as well as lesser known artists, are examined in turn. With detailed discussion of particular paintings, style and symbolism. One of the key themes is imitation and continuity and we see different treatments of the same subject, tracing the development of ideas. Handsomely illustrated.

Early Netherlandish Painting: From Rogier Van Der Weyden to Gerard David (Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History)

Harvey Miller Publishers

Methodisches zur kunsthistorischen Praxis: Ausgew. Schriften (German Edition)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Prestel

Buchmalerei des Mittelalters: Eine Einführung (German Edition)

Prestel-Verlag

Van Eyck: Die Begründer der altniederländischen Malerei (German Edition)

Buchmalerei des Mittelalters. Eine Einführung.

Thoss, Dagmar

Jenni, Ulrike

Van Eyck. Die Begründer der altniederländischen Malerei.

Schmidt-Dengler, Maria

La miniatura medieval (Spanish Edition)

Alianza Editorial

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