Description
Product ID: | 9780789202161 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Series: | Tiny Folio |
Title: | Illuminated Manuscripts |
Subtitle: | Treasures of the Pierpont Morgan Library New York |
Authors: | Author: Pierpont Morgan Library |
Page Count: | 288 |
Subjects: | History of art, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, History of art, Illustration, General and world history, History, History, Handicrafts, decorative arts and crafts, Renaissance art, Illustration, General & world history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Handicrafts, decorative arts & crafts |
Description: | Glorious works of art as well as documents of bygone eras, painted illuminated manuscripts supply perhaps the greatest and by far the best-preserved evidence of daily life during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Glorious works of art as well as documents of bygone eras, painted illuminated manuscripts supply perhaps the greatest and by far the best-preserved evidence of daily life during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. This Tiny Folio draws on one of the greatest collections in the world to illustrate the angels, demons, and everyday denizens of the medieval world. |
Imprint Name: | Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. |
Publisher Name: | Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 1998-10-15 |