The Limbourg brothers : Nijmegen masters at the French court, 1400-1416 / Rob Dückers and Pieter Roelofs ; with contributions by Boudewijn Bakker [and others]

Dückers, Rob

2005, 1st edition. Nijmegen, Holland : Ludion. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #425503
ISBN: 9055445967

Physical description; 447 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color facsimiles, color map ; 32 cm. Notes; Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name, held at the Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen, Aug. 28-Nov. 20, 2005. Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-438) and index. Translated from the Dutch. Contents; The Limbourg Brothers in Nijmegen, Bourges, and Paris / Willy Niessen, Pieter Rodlofs, Mieke van Veen-Liefrink -- Nijmegen during the Limbourgs' youth 1380-1400 / Gerard Lemmens -- Johan Maelwael, court painter in Guelders and Burgundy / Pieter Roelofs -- Sculpture in the Duchy of Guelders, 1380-1430 / Harry Tummers -- The Limbourg Brothers and the North: Book illumination and panel painting in the Guelders Region 1380-1435 / Rob Drücker -- 'In the beginning ... ': the Bible Moralisée in the work of the Limbourg Brothers / Rob Drücker -- The Belles heures of Jean, Duc de Berry: a visual analysis / Timothy B. Husband -- The king of illuminated manuscripts: the Très riches heures / Patricia Stirnemann -- Bibliophilic jealousy and the manuscript patronage of Jean, Duc de Berry / Roger S. Wieck -- The form and content of Jean de Berry's Books of hours / Anne S. Korteweg -- The Belles heures of Jean, Duc de Berry: The materials and techniques of the Limbourg Brothers / Margaret Lawson --Precious metalwork in gold leaf: everyday lustre at the court of Jean de Berry, as depicted by the Limbourg Brothers / Jean-Pierre Rijen -- The Limbourgs and Italian art / Victor M. Schmidt -- Conquering the horizon: the Limbourg Brothers in France and the Southern Netherlands, 1400-1460 -- Catalogue -- Survey of the Limbourg Brothers' oeuvre. Subjects; Limbourg, Jean de approximately 1385-approximately 1416 ; Exhibitions. Illumination of books and manuscripts, German. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Dutch. Illumination of books and manuscripts, French. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval. Illuminated Manuscripts.

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