The art of illumination: the Limbourg brothers and the "Belles Heures" of Jean de France, Duc de Berry

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Название: The art of illumination: the Limbourg brothers and the "Belles Heures" of Jean de France, Duc de Berry

Автор: Husband, Timothy B

Год: 2008

Издательство: Metropolitan Museum of Art

ISBN: 0300136714

Формат: PDF

Размер: 265 Мб

Страниц: 376

Язык: Английский

One of the most lavishly illustrated codices of the Middle Ages, the Belle Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry (ca. 1405–1408/9), is the only manuscript with miniatures executed entirely by the famed Limbourg brothers. Commissioned by its royal patron, this richly illuminated Book of Hours, intended for private devotion and now housed in The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, belonged to the duke's large collection of prized possessions. The luminous scenes depicting the legends of the saints, the Hours of the Virgin, and the like, many with elaborately designed borders, exemplify the transcendent splendor of the Limbourg brothers' talents.

Jean de France, duc de Berry—the son, brother, and uncle of three successive kings of France—commissioned the Belles Heures as an addition to his luxurious possessions ranging from illuminated manuscripts and goldsmith work, to castles throughout the French countryside. A discriminating patron, Jean de France selected the Limbourg brothers to create this Book of Hours, allowing the young boys (who were in their early teens throughout the duration of the project) a rare latitude for inventively designing the work.