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PROVOKE THE OSTENTATIONS OF THE RICH
The great masters of the Books of Hours were three brothers, Pol, John and Herman, from Limbourg, in the Netherlands. After serving an apprenticeship in Paris they entered the employ of the Duc de Berry. Their masterpiece is the ”Tres … Continue reading
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Tagged Duc de Berry, Erwin Panofsky, Jean Duc de Berry, John Oliver Hand, Jonathan Alexander, Limbourg Brothers, Martha Wolff, Maxwell Parrish, Michael Jones, Rosamond McKitterick, The Book of Hours, Tres Riches Heures
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BLIND PURCHASE WITH EYES WIDE SHUT
The duty of the prince is magnificence. Or at least this is what the four sons of King John II convened; the likely one thing they could agree upon was to accumulate and collect art and precious objects with an … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc.
Tagged Eyes Wide Shut, Franz Kafka, Jamie Stuart Stanley Kubrick, Jean de Berry, jean de tillet, Jean Duc de Berry, Joan Evans, Jonathan Alexander, King Charles V, King Charles VI, King John II, Limbourg Brothers, Louis d'Anjou, Philippe de Bourgogne, Stanley Kubrick, stephen N. Fliegel, Tim Kreider
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