The Art of Illumination: The Limbourg Brothers and the Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry
Автор:Timothy B. Husband Год: 2008 Издание:The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Press Страниц: 388 ISBN: 9781588392947, 9780300136715 One of the most lavishly illustrated codices of the Middle Ages, the "Belles Heures" of Jean de France, due de Berry (ca. 1405-1408/9), is the only manuscript with miniatures executed entirely by the famed Limbourg brothers. Commissioned by its royal patron, this richly illuminated Book of Hours, intended for private devotion and now housed in The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, belonged to 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 splendor of the Limbourg brothers' talents. Jean de France, due de Berry - the son, brother, and uncle of three successive kings of France - commissioned the "Belles Heures" as an addition to his luxurious possessions ranging from illuminated manuscripts and goldsmith work, to castles throughout the French countryside. A discriminating patron, Jean de France selected...
