The Golden Age: Manuscript Painting at the Time of Jean, Duke de Berry [Paperback]

Marcel Thomas (Author)

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Text: English, French (translation) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 119 pages
• Publisher: George Braziller (October 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807609242
• ISBN-13: 978-0807609248
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,915,960 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A gorgeous introduction to illuminated manuscripts, July 15, 2003

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K. Maxwell "katmax1" (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Golden Age: Manuscript Painting at the Time of Jean, Duke de Berry (Paperback)

I have owned my copy of this book for many years, for the simple reason that the illustrations in it are all beautifully reproduced samples of what is justifiably seen as a golden age in illuminated manuscript painting c1380-1420.

The book starts with an introduction into the various artists and their techniques and their patrons. This is followed up by full page reproductions, mostly of "carpet pages" from various manuscripts. This includes books such as: - The Bodmer Hours, The Visconti Hours, The Bible of King Wenceslas, The Psalter of Jean De Berry, The Belles Heures of Jean De Berry, The Boucicaut Hours and The Rohan Hours as a small sample.

The plates are beautiful reproductions, with gold in used to highlight various manuscripts. However, luckily, it has not been so heavily printed as to obscure detail. For an overall purely visual look of the range and beauty of manuscripts of this period this book is hard to beat.