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Webs of Allusion
Om protestantiska emblemböcker i 1500-talets Frankrike.
Lateness and Modernity in Medieval Architecture
This volume engages with notions of lateness and modernity in medieval architecture, broadly conceived geographically, temporally, methodologically, and theoretically. It aims to (re)situate secular and religious buildings from the 14th through the 16th centuries that are indebted to medieval building practices and designs, within the more established narratives of art and architectural history.
Pen and Parchment
Discusses the techniques, uses, and aesthetics of medieval drawings; and reproduces work from more than fifty manuscripts produced between the ninth and early fourteenth century.
Jan van Eyck and Portugal's 'Illustrious Generation'
This book investigates Jan Van Eyck's patronage by the Crown of Portugal and his role as diplomat-painter for the Duchy of Burgundy following his first voyage to Lisbon in 1428-1429, when he painted two portraits of Infanta Isabella, who became the third wife of Philip the Good in 1430. New portrait identifications are provided for the Ghent Altarpiece (1432) and its iconographical prototype, the lost Fountain of Life. These altarpieces are analysed with regard to King Joao I's conquest of Ceuta, achieved by his sons, who were hailed as an "illustrious generation." Strong family ties between the dynastic houses of Avis and Lancaster explain Lusitania's sustained fascination with Arthurian lo...
Collectors, Commissioners, Curators
This volume celebrates the storied career of Stephen N. Fliegel, the former Robert Bergman Curator of Medieval Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA). Authors of these essays, all leading curators in their fields, offer insights into curatorial practices by highlighting key objects in some of the most important medieval collections in North America and Europe: Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Louvre, the British Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, the Getty, the Groeningemuseum, The Morgan Library, Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum, and, of course, the CMA, offering perspectives on the histories of collecting and display, artistic identity, and patronage, with special foci on Burgundian art, acquisition histories, and objects in the CMA.
Un chantier flamboyant et son rayonnement
"Le Vexin français est l'une des régions de l'hexagone dont le paysage monumental a été le plus profondément marqué par la diffusion de l'art flamboyant. L'étude sur un demi-siècle (1495-1548) de la reconstruction de la grande église de Gisors permet, grâce à une exceptionnelle documentation écrite, de saisir les composantes humaines, matérielles et formelles de ce qui fut l'un des plus grands chantiers du temps aux confins de la Normandie, de la Picardie et de l'Île-de-France. La confrontation des textes et des édifices avec leur décor permet de comprendre la complexité et la diversité des formes du gothique tardif qui, ici, fit preuve d'une vitalité insoupçonnée, préparant le terrain à l'italianisme et au classicisme de la Renaissance. En établissant la place de l'église de Gisors dans l'évolution de l'art flamboyant français et en délimitant les contours de son rayonnement régional, cette étude offre un jalon important dans la compréhension d'un phénomène majeur dans l'art européen de la fin du Moyen Âge mais qui reste jusqu'à présent méconnu en France."--Page 4 of cover.
Le transept
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Housing the New Romans
In the last twenty years, reception studies have significantly enhanced our understanding of the ways in which Classics has shaped modern Western culture, but very little attention has been directed toward the reception of classical architecture. Housing the New Romans: Architectual Reception and Classical Style in the Modern World addresses this gap by investigating ways in which appropriation and allusion facilitated the reception of Classical Greece and Rome through the requisition and redeployment of classicizing tropes to create neo-Antique sites of "dwelling" in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The volume, across nine essays, will cover both European and American iterations of place ...
Visitors to Versailles
What was it like to visit one of the most magnificent courts of Europe? Based on a wealth of contemporary documents and surviving works of art, this lavish book explores the experiences of those who swarmed the palace and grounds of Versailles when it was the seat of the French monarchy. Engaging essays describe methods of transportation, the elaborate codes of dress and etiquette, precious diplomatic gifts, royal audiences, and tours of the palace and gardens. Also presented are the many types of visitors and guests who eagerly made their way to this center of power and culture, including day-trippers and Grand Tourists, European diplomats, overseas ambassadors, incognito travelers, and Americans. Through paintings and portraits, furniture, costumes and uniforms, arms and armor, guidebooks, and other works of art, Visitors to Versailles illuminates what travelers encountered at court and what impressions, gifts, and souvenirs they took home with them. In bringing to life their experiences, this sumptuously illustrated volume reminds us why Versailles has enchanted generations of visitors from the ancien régime to the present day.
Gaston Paris et la philologie romane
Gaston Paris (1839-1903), grand pionnier de la philologie romane, est sans doute l'un des médiévistes français du XIXe siècle les plus cités de nos jours encore. Il n'avait jamais fait l'objet d'une étude d'ensemble que propose enfin Ursula Bähler. A l'aide notamment de la très riche correspondance du savant, elle dégage des aspects centraux de la vie et de l'oeuvre de Gaston Paris. Elle s'interroge ainsi tant sur le devenir complexe du philologue, souvent déformé par l'historiographie officielle, que sur les mécanismes mis en oeuvre par Gaston Paris et ses collègues pour "professionnaliser" la nouvelle discipline, réputée "germanique", dans un climat fortement imprégné des tensions franco-allemandes. L'univers intellectuel du savant ainsi que son attitude vis-à -vis du moyen âge et de sa littérature sont ensuite examinés. L'étude, enfin, répond à une question, essentielle : en quoi l'oeuvre et la pensée de Gaston Paris nous concernent-elles encore ? En annexe, on trouvera la réimpression de la Bibliographie des travaux de Gaston Paris établie en 1904 par Joseph Bédier et Mario Roques.
