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This sumptuous book which accompanies the Academys Autumn 2003 exhibition Illuminating the Renaissance is illustrated with many of the most important and beautiful illuminated manuscripts ever produced The ambitious scope of the exhibition is reflected in this publication which reveals the wealth and brilliance of Northern masters such as Gerard David and Rogier van der Weyden Their polished and refined style emerged under the Burgundian Duke Charles the Bold and flourished for nearly one hundred years between 1467 1560 Over 400 plates reveal the originality of this scintillating style which brings to life an imaginative courtly world of Chivalric romances and medieval banquets A hallmark of this painting is a type of decorative border which renders flowers insects and other fauna against solid coloured grounds and where the artist plays illusionistic tricks with the viewer to create some of the most colourful and luminous painting of the late medieval era The plates are accompanied by full entries with essays written by the foremost scholars in the field from the John Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles The British Library London and the Metropolitan Museum New York
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Cover is slightly worn particularly along edges Text block and inside edges are tanned but legibility is not affected Cover page has previous owners bookplate Inside is unmarked
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Cassoni is the Italian word for the chests painted with scenes from myth and literature central to upperclass weddings of the 15th century Little known today cassoni deserve recognition as masterworks of the Renaissance Botticelli Pesellino and other superlative artists painted them And they are precious early examples of the mythopoetic subjects that would form the core of European art until the 20th century The essays in this book shed new light on the meaning of cassoni through informative discussions of Renaissance wedding rituals malefemale relations and daily domestic life A catalogue section on cassoni in the exhibition that this book accompanies provides a unique guide to the stories of love marriage and politics depicted on these sumptuous objects
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The first publication of the Barnes Foundations important and extensive African art collection The Barnes Foundation is renowned for its astonishing collection of Postimpressionist and early Modern art assembled by Albert C Barnes a Philadelphia pharmaceutical entrepreneur Less known is the pioneering collection of African sculpture that Barnes acquired between 1922 and 1924 mainly from Paul Guillaume the Parisbased dealer The Barnes Foundation was one of the first permanent installations in the United States to present objects from Africa as fine art Indeed the African collection is central to understanding Barness socially progressive vision for his foundationThis comprehensive volume showcases all 123 objects including reliquary figures masks and utensils most of which originated in Frances African coloniesMali Côte dIvoire Gabon and the Congoas well as in Sierra Leone Republic of Benin and Nigeria Christa Clarke considers the significance of the collection and Barness role in the Harlem Renaissance and in fostering broader appreciation of African art in the twentieth century Indepth catalog entries by noted scholars in the field complete the volume
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Biondo Flavio 13921463 humanist and historian was a pioneering figure in the Renaissance discovery of antiquity famously he was the author who popularized the term Middle Age to describe the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the revival of antiquity in his own time While serving a number of Renaissance popes he inaugurated an extraordinary program of research into the history cultural life and physical remains of the ancient worldThe capstone of this research program Rome in Triumph 1459 has been said to bear comparison with the Encyclopédie of Diderot as the embodiment of the ideals of an age seeking as it does to answer the overarching question of humanists from Petrarch to Machiavelli what made Rome great To answer the question Biondo undertakes a comprehensive reconstruction of Romes religion government military organization customs and institutions over its thousandyear history This volume contains the first edition of the Latin text since 1559 and the first translation into any modern language
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A comprehensive study of dress in Northern Europe from the early fourteenth century to the beginning of the Renaissance Illuminating Fashion is the first thorough study of the history of fashion in this period based solely on firmly dated or datable works of art It draws on illuminated manuscripts early printed books tapestries paintings and sculpture from museums and libraries around the world Symbolism and metaphors are buried in the art of fashion says Roger Wieck the editor of Illuminating Fashion Examining the role of social customs and politics in influencing dress at a time of rapid change in fashion this fully illustrated volume demonstrates the richness of such symbolism in medieval art and how artists used clothing and costume to help viewers interpret an imageAt the heart of the work is A Pictorial History of Fashion 1325 to 1515 an album of over 300 illustrations with commentary This is followed by a comprehensive glossary of medieval English and French clothing terms and an extensive list of dated and datable works of art Not only can this fully illustrated volume be used as guide to a fuller understanding of the works of art it can also help date an undated work reveal the shape and structure of actual garments and open up a pictures iconographic and social contentIt is invaluable for costume designers students and scholars of the history of dress and history of art as well as those who need to date works of art
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A comprehensive study of dress in Northern Europe from the early fourteenth century to the beginning of the Renaissance Illuminating Fashion is the first thorough study of the history of fashion in this period based solely on firmly dated or datable works of art It draws on illuminated manuscripts early printed books tapestries paintings and sculpture from museums and libraries around the world Symbolism and metaphors are buried in the art of fashion says Roger Wieck the editor of Illuminating Fashion Examining the role of social customs and politics in influencing dress at a time of rapid change in fashion this fully illustrated volume demonstrates the richness of such symbolism in medieval art and how artists used clothing and costume to help viewers interpret an imageAt the heart of the work is A Pictorial History of Fashion 1325 to 1515 an album of over 300 illustrations with commentary This is followed by a comprehensive glossary of medieval English and French clothing terms and an extensive list of dated and datable works of art Not only can this fully illustrated volume be used as guide to a fuller understanding of the works of art it can also help date an undated work reveal the shape and structure of actual garments and open up a pictures iconographic and social contentIt is invaluable for costume designers students and scholars of the history of dress and history of art as well as those who need to date works of art
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French cuisine is such a staple in our understanding of fine food that we forget the accidents of history that led to its creation Accounting for Taste brings these accidents to the surface illuminating the magic of French cuisine and the mystery behind its historical development Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson explains how the food of France became French cuisine This momentous culinary journey begins with Ancien Régime cookbooks and ends with twentyfirstcentury cooking programs It takes us from Carême the inventor of modern French cuisine in the early nineteenth century to top chefs today such as Daniel Boulud and Jacques Pépin Not a history of French cuisine Accounting for Taste focuses on the people places and institutions that have made this cuisine what it is today a privileged vehicle for national identity a model of cultural ascendancy and a pivotal site where practice and performance intersect With sources as various as the novels of Balzac and Proust interviews with contemporary chefs such as David Bouley and Charlie Trotter and the film Babettes Feast Ferguson maps the cultural field that structures culinary affairs in France and then exports its crucial ingredients Whats more well beyond food the intricate connections between cuisine and country between local practice and national identity illuminate the concept of culture itself To BrillatSavarins famous dictumAnimals fill themselves people eat intelligent people alone know how to eatPriscilla Ferguson adds and Accounting for Taste shows how the truly intelligent also know why they eat the way they do Parkhurst Ferguson has her nose in the right place and an infectious lust for her subject that makes this trawl through the history and cultural significance of French foodfrom French Revolution to Babettes Feast via Balzacs suppers and Prousts madeleinesa satisfying meal of varied coursesIan Kelly Times UK
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Biondo Flavio 13921463 humanist and historian was a pioneering figure in the Renaissance discovery of antiquity famously he was the author who popularized the term Middle Age to describe the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the revival of antiquity in his own time While serving a number of Renaissance popes he inaugurated an extraordinary program of research into the history cultural life and physical remains of the ancient worldThe capstone of this research program Rome in Triumph 1459 has been said to bear comparison with the Encyclopédie of Diderot as the embodiment of the ideals of an age seeking as it does to answer the overarching question of humanists from Petrarch to Machiavelli what made Rome great To answer the question Biondo undertakes a comprehensive reconstruction of Romes religion government military organization customs and institutions over its thousandyear history This volume contains the first edition of the Latin text since 1559 and the first translation into any modern language
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The nine canvases known as The Triumph of Caesar are considered fine achievements in Italian Renaissance art and they were much admired during Mantegnas lifetime First acquired by Charles 1 in 1629 when he purchased a large part of the collections formed by the Gonzaga family the canvases have been hung at Hampton Court Palace since the probable date of their arrival in England in 1630 Until 1689 they were housed in the Kings Gallery of the Tudor Palace but following the rebuilding during the reign of William III and Mary II they were moved to various other parts of the Palace before their installation in the Lower Orangery in 1919 Eight of the canvases are illustrated here together with a summary of the artists life
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Narrating the life of Saladin this groundbreaking biography places the 12thcentury sultan of Egypt and Syria in historical context against the backdrop of the 10th and 11thcentury Sunni Revival a powerful sweeping intellectual renaissance that transformed every field of Islamic thought Islamic scholar A R Azzam contends that Saladin was not just the brilliant military commander of popular imagination but that his true greatness lay in his political and spiritual vision Famous for driving the crusaders out of Jerusalem and for his bitter war of attrition with Richard the Lionheart and fabled for his chivalry and generosity he became the most powerful man in the Islamic empire but died penniless without enough money to line his coffin In telling his fascinating and complex story this study introduces readers to Saladins society and the men with whom he surrounded himself analyzing the vital religious military intellectual and administrative roles they played
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Narrating the life of Saladin this groundbreaking biography places the 12thcentury sultan of Egypt and Syria in historical context against the backdrop of the 10th and 11thcentury Sunni Revival a powerful sweeping intellectual renaissance that transformed every field of Islamic thought Islamic scholar A R Azzam contends that Saladin was not just the brilliant military commander of popular imagination but that his true greatness lay in his political and spiritual vision Famous for driving the crusaders out of Jerusalem and for his bitter war of attrition with Richard the Lionheart and fabled for his chivalry and generosity he became the most powerful man in the Islamic empire but died penniless without enough money to line his coffin In telling his fascinating and complex story this study introduces readers to Saladins society and the men with whom he surrounded himself analyzing the vital religious military intellectual and administrative roles they played
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French cuisine is such a staple in our understanding of fine food that we forget the accidents of history that led to its creation Accounting for Taste brings these accidents to the surface illuminating the magic of French cuisine and the mystery behind its historical development Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson explains how the food of France became French cuisineThis momentous culinary journey begins with Ancien Régime cookbooks and ends with twentyfirstcentury cooking programs It takes us from Carême the inventor of modern French cuisine in the early nineteenth century to top chefs today such as Daniel Boulud and Jacques Pépin Not a history of French cuisine Accounting for Taste focuses on the people places and institutions that have made this cuisine what it is today a privileged vehicle for national identity a model of cultural ascendancy and a pivotal site where practice and performance intersect With sources as various as the novels of Balzac and Proust interviews with contemporary chefs such as David Bouley and Charlie Trotter and the film Babettes Feast Ferguson maps the cultural field that structures culinary affairs in France and then exports its crucial ingredients Whats more well beyond food the intricate connections between cuisine and country between local practice and national identity illuminate the concept of culture itselfTo BrillatSavarins famous dictumAnimals fill themselves people eat intelligent people alone know how to eatPriscilla Ferguson adds and Accounting for Taste shows how the truly intelligent also know why they eat the way they do Parkhurst Ferguson has her nose in the right place and an infectious lust for her subject that makes this trawl through the history and cultural significance of French foodfrom French Revolution to Babettes Feast via Balzacs suppers and Prousts madeleinesa satisfying meal of varied coursesIan Kelly Times UK
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Consistently illuminating Like all the best stories it is about the timeless tides of power and influence trade deals can sometimes be sexy thrilling and epic Sinclair McKay SpectatorLife in Europe was fundamentally changed in the 16th century by the astonishing discoveries of the New World and of direct sea routes to Asia To start with England was hardly involved and London remained a gloomy introverted medieval city But as the century progressed something extraordinary happenedStephen Alfords evocative original and fascinating new book uses the same skills that made his widely praised The Watchers so successful bringing to life the network of merchants visionaries crooks and sailors who changed London forever In a sudden explosion of energy English ships were suddenly found all over the world trading with Russia and the Levant exploring Virginia and the Arctic and fanning out across the Indian Ocean Londons Triumph is above all about the people who made this possible the families the guild members the moneymen who were willing to risk huge sums and sometimes their own lives in pursuit of the rare exotic and desirable Their ambitions fuelled a new view of the world initiating a long era of trade and empire the consequences of which we still live with today
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In this illuminating work surveying 300 years and two nations Sarah Gwyneth Ross demonstrates how the expanding ranks of learned women in the Renaissance era presented the first significant challenge to the traditional definition of woman in the WestAn experiment in collective biography and intellectual history The Birth of Feminism focuses on nineteen learned women from the middle ranks of society who rose to prominence in the world of Italian and English letters between 1400 and 1680 Drawing both on archival materialwills letters and manuscript compositions some presented here for the first timeand on printed writings Ross gives us an unprecedented sense of educated early modern womens lives Sponsored and often educated by their learned fathers and other male relatives within a model that Ross terms the intellectual family female authors publicized their works within the safety of family networks These women including Christine de Pizan Laura Cereta Margaret More Roper Lucrezia Marinella and Bathsua Makin did not argue for womens political equality but they represented and often advocated womens intellectual equality Ross demonstrates that because of their education these women had a renaissance during the Renaissance and that in so doing they laid the foundation for the emancipation of womankind
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Analyzes the Italian artists achievements in painting sculpture architecture mathematics and other fields illuminating the aesthetic scientific and moral philosophy of the era
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There may not be any book on architecture so delightful to dip into one wishes there were a pocket edition to take on an Italian vacationnot only for its information and vision but for such pleasant reminders as that the citizens of Treviso carried Tullio Lombardos friezes through the town in triumph before they were attached to a buildingD J R Bruckner New York Times Book Review
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