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Tag Archives: Medieval Illuminated manuscripts
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Illuminations. The fifteenth-century illuminate manuscript as art form. It was an art, as Poussin said, that appealed to the pleasures of intelligence; pleasures which are above all others. As opposed to frivolous art for amusement. Philippe de Mazerolles – … Continue reading
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Tagged Duke Charles the Bold, Girart de Roussillon, illuminated manuscripts, Jan van Eyck, Jean le Tavernier, Lievin van Lathem, Limbourg Brothers The Book of Hours, Loyset Liedet, Loyset Lyedet, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Medieval Illuminated manuscripts, Philippe de Mazerolles, Roger von der Weyden, Rogier van der Weyden, Simon Marmion, The Book of Hours, Willem Vrelant
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KNIGHTY-NIGHT TO THE ART-RISTOCRATS
The latter years of the fourteenth-century and the early years of the fifteenth were the grimmest period in French history. Between the Black Death, the everlasting war with England, plundering raids, taxies and levies; circumstances conspired to reduce the voice … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc.
Tagged Angers Apocalypse Tapestries, Angers tapestries, Bible Apocalypse, Book of Revelation, Charles the Bold, Claus de Werve, Duc de Berry, Duke of Bedford, Duke of Burgundy, Gothic Sculpture, Hieronymous Bosch, International Style, Jean Duc de Berry, Larry Solomon, Limbourg Brothers, Limbourg Brothers The Book of Hours, Louis Duke of Anjou, Medieval Illuminated manuscripts, Nicolas Bataille, Northern Renaissance Art, Pierpont Morgan Library, S. Agnes, Sean Martinfield, The Royal Gold Cup, The Royal Gold Cup of England and France
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