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Attics of their mind
Painters across the centuries, the millennia, have always conjured out of their imaginations, fantastic towers and cities which do not exist. Sometimes a product of the subconscious, and sometimes a liberal artistic freedom, these artists created a dream architecture of … Continue reading
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Tagged Albrecht Durer, Duc de Berry, Hans Memling, Hartman Schedel, Jean Duc de Berry, Leonardo Da Vinci, Limbourg Brothers, Limbourg Brothers The Book of Hours, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Nuremberg Chronicles, Robert Hunter, The Grateful Dead, Tres Riches Heures
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belles heures:piety for the privileged
…Even the Church was in trouble: it was rumored that not one soul had entered paradise since the Great Schism began. Outbreaks of the plague were common, taxes were high, and political stability unknown. In such a world, a beautiful … Continue reading
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Tagged Cloisters Museum, Duc de Berry, Edmond de Rothschild, Jean Duc de Berry, Limbourg Brothers, Limbourg Brothers The Book of Hours, Millard Meiss, The Belles Heures, The Cloisters, timothy husband
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LOOKING AT THE PICTURES IN THE PEWS
“In its dissected form, the Belles Heures is an immersive look at life, death and devotion in 15th-century France. Its seven picture-book insertions distinguish it from other books of hours and amount to a remarkable cache of well-preserved medieval painting. … Continue reading
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Tagged Duc de Berry, Eustache Deschamps, George Braziller, Giotto, Giotto di Bordone, Giotto Frescoes, Great Schism, Jean Flamel, Karen Rosenberg, Limbourg Brothers, Limbourg Brothers The Book of Hours, Millard Meiss, Pieter Roelofs, Rob Duckers, The Belles Heures, The Book of Hours, Thomas P. Campbell, Timothy B. Husband, Victoria Romeo
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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
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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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GOING OUT IN STYLE & FOOLING THE ALMIGHTY
The first duty of a prince is magnificence. A royal prerogative to go forth and accumulate; especially on the backs of the disenfranchised poor, of which there seemed an unlimited supply. The four sons of King John took up their … Continue reading
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Tagged Asteria in Europe, Claus de Werve, Claus Sluter, Duke John the Fearless, Erwin Panofsky, Gothic Sculpture, Hennequin of Bruges, Irwin Panofsky, Jean de Vaudetar, Limbourg Brothers, Nicolas Bataille, Northern Renaissance Art, Pierpont Morgan Library, Pierre Quarre, Richard Vaughan, Sculptor Claus Sluter, Sean Martinfield
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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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FAR FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF PIETY
The elder uncle of Charles VI started perhaps, the greatest and most extravagant spending spree in the history of the world to that time. His collection itself was a work of art. Jean, Duc de Berry, was more intellectual than … Continue reading
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Tagged Andre Beauneveu, Cartellieri historian, Christine de Pisan, Duke of Bedford, Erwin Panofsky, Jacquemart de Hesdin, Jan van Eyck, Jan van Holland, Jean Duc de Berry, Jean Pucelle, Limbourg Brothers, Otto Cartellieri, 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
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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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