The Hours of Simon de Varie (Getty Museum Monographs on Illuminated Manuscripts)
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (918 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0892362847 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
An excellent introduction to the beauties and problems of this tiny art; highly recommended for general collections as well as for specialists.Jack Perry Brown, Art Inst. of Chicago Lib.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu and at The Hague. . From Library Journal This delightful, scholarly detective story identifies and reunites parts of a late medieval manuscript by Jean Fouquet and other leading illuminators of the 15th century. Marrow reconstructs the commissioning and later history of the manuscript as well as its origi
In the mid-fifteenth century, Simon de Varie commissioned such a book. In a related essay, Francois Avril discusses the position of Simon de Varie and his family in mid-fifteenth-century France. The third volume--thought lost until 1984, when it surfaced in a private collection and was subsequently acquired by the Getty Museum--contains the first miniatures by Jean Fouquet to have been discovered in eighty years. Marrow's text addresses the role of books of hours in late medieval culture; the contents and form of de Varie's Hours; and the relationship of the miniatures by Fouquet to the rest of the artist's oeuvre. This beautiful book will reproduce in color all of the miniatures and historiated initials in the original manuscript, along with selected text pages with secondary decoration. The publication of The Hours of Simon de Varie<
Laurie E. Macdonald said Wow!. This is a phenomenal book for anyone who loves illuminated manuscripts. There is a history of the book and the context in which it was produced, along with black and white photos of contemporary illuminations. In addition, there are several full-color reproductions of this work.. a beautiful book Fred The book was expensive - BUT The book itself was a work of art - A VERY BEAUTIFUL FACSIMILE OF A BEAUTIFUL BOOK - The introductory essays were excellent particularly with the addition of black and white reproductions from other Book of Hours .