The art of illumination
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- 14 horas de lectura
One of the most lavishly illustrated codices of the Middle Ages, the "Belles Heures" (1405-1408/9) is the only manuscript executed in its entirety by the famed Limbourg brothers.
Timothy B. Husband ha dedicado más de cuarenta años al estudio y la curaduría de arte de la Baja Edad Media, con un enfoque particular en el mundo de habla alemana. Su experiencia abarca una amplia gama de medios, incluyendo escultura, tapices, orfebrería, cerámica, manuscritos y vidrieras. A lo largo de su extensa carrera en el Museo Metropolitano de Arte, ha organizado numerosas exposiciones significativas y ha publicado trabajos que iluminan el fascinante reino del arte medieval, especialmente la iluminación de manuscritos.


One of the most lavishly illustrated codices of the Middle Ages, the "Belles Heures" (1405-1408/9) is the only manuscript executed in its entirety by the famed Limbourg brothers.
This beautifully illustrated volume presents sixty-eight objects from one of the world's finest collections of post-classical glass--including such marvels as glass imitating rock-crystal and other semi-precious stones, glass formed into large and intricate shapes, and glass decorated withengraving, enameling, gilding, and carving. Each object is painstakingly described and a series of essays provide a wealth of background information.