The Art of Illumination

副标题: The Limbourg Brothers and the "Belles Heures" of Jean de France, Duc de Berry

ISBN: 9780300136715

出版社: Metropolitan Museum of Art

出版年: 2008-12-1

页数: 388

定价: USD 65.00

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

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. Commissioned by its magisterial patron, Jean de France, duc de Berry, this richly illuminated "Book of Hours", intended for private devotion and now housed in The Cloisters at the Metropolitan Museum, counted among the duke's large collection of prized possessions. The luminous scenes depicting the legends of the saints, the Hours of the Virgin, and the like, many with elaborately designed borders, exemplify the transcendent splendour of the Limbourg brothers' talents.