Enamels of Limoges 1100-1350

Limoges enamels, the richest surviving corpus of medieval metalwork, were renowned throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. Yet today they are little known outside academic circles. The present volume, published in conjuction with the exhibition Enamels of Limoges, 1100-1350, brings to deserved public attention nearly two hundred of the most important and representative examples from the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Musee du Louvre, the great church treasuries of France, and other sources. The works of Limoges were created for important ecclesiastical and royal patrons. The wealth of enameling preserved from the Treasury of the abbey of Grandmont, just outside Limoges, is due chiefly to the Plantagenet patronage of Henry II and his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Enamels created during their reign resonate with the elegant style of the court, and the dramatic history of Henry's monarchy is evoked by such works as the reliquary of Saint Thomas Becket. Ecclesiastical patrons such as Archbishop Absalon of Lund, Cardinal Guala Bicchieri, and, above all, Pope Innocent III were key to the dissemination of Limoges work throughout the churches of Europe. While few of the artists who created the enamels that have come down to us are known by name, the works of several - Master Alpais, Garnerius, and Aymeric Chretien - are here juxtaposed with related pieces, some of them demonstrably from the same atelier.

Arts & Photography

Boehm, Barbara Drake

Taburet-Delahaye, Elisabeth

History & Criticism

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Small and frequently exquisite images painted on wood panels, glass, and parchment between 1300 and 1450 by five generations of artists in Florence are the focus of this book.

Painting and Illumination in Early Renaissance Florence 1300-1450

Kanter, Laurence B.

Kanter, Laurence

This beautiful prayer book's profuse decoration and refined drawing - the work of the celebrated artist Jean Pucelle - comes alive through the medium of CD-ROM.

The Hours of Jeanne D'Evreux A Prayer Book for a Queen

Montebello, Phillipe

Religious

This delightful book describes and illustrates the Metropolitan Museum’s collection of nearly 40 illuminations from Italian choral manuscripts. Representing the work of Gothic and Renaissance masters both celebrated and anonymous, these precious paintings in miniature---with their compelling narrative, brilliant color, and shining gold---bear witness to exceptional aesthetic accomplishment. The choir books they illuminate are a rich source of information about the development of chant, whose unexpected transcendent tonalities have abiding appeal today. They also serve as primary sources for the study of the lives of religious communities and of the philosophy and faith that infused medieval Europe, offering a glimpse of Italy at the dawn of the Renaissance.

Choirs of Angels: Painting in Italian Choir Books, 1300-1500

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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