Illuminated Manuscripts

Richard Hayman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

64 Seiten

2017
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-1-78442-236-3 (ISBN)

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Illuminated manuscripts are among the most beautiful, precious and mysterious works of Western art. Before the printing press was invented, books were produced by hand and their illustration using brightly coloured pigments and gold embellishments was a labour of love and an act of piety in itself. The results are stunning. The works emanating from the scriptoria of monasteries were mainly religious texts, including illuminated bibles, psalters, and works for private devotion known as books of hours. Illuminated Manuscripts describes the origin and history of illumination in the Middle Ages, covering the artists and their techniques, and the patrons who commissioned them. It explains the subject matter found in medieval works, such as saints and Bible stories and the use of ornamental flourishes, and is illustrated with many fine examples of the genre including the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Book of Kells.

Richard Hayman is a writer and historian with a longstanding interest in medieval art. He is author of several books, including Church Misericords and Bench Ends, Coal Mining in Britain, The Iron Industry, The Green Man and The Tudor Reformation for Shire.

The Glorification of God
Book Production
Books and Their Illuminations
The Printing Press and the Reformation
Places to Visit
Further Reading
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	28.09.2017
Reihe/Serie	Shire Library
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	149 x 210 mm
Gewicht	148 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-78442-236-3 / 1784422363
ISBN-13	978-1-78442-236-3 / 9781784422363
Zustand	Neuware