Imagining the Past in France: History in Manuscript Painting, 1250-1500

“The catalogue’s stimulating essays and entries are complemented by excellent reproductions and a generous bibliography that make it both a summary of the field and the foundation for the next generation of studies.”—The Burlington Magazine

Great examples Nana to bipolar kid Imagining the Past in France is a great collection of Illumination (Illustrations) from France in the Middle Ages, years given. Much information is given about each painting and about the book that each was originally in. Illuminators and artist will benefit from the examples and the . C. Robinson said Just beautiful. It's the pictures that enthrall me in books like this, rather than the academic history, though that's interesting too. But the wonderful medieval paintings of towns and kings and saints and battles are plentiful in this heavy paperback, and there's nothing I don't love about it. Five. loved it! loved it!

Donovan, and Gabrielle M. This volume celebrates the vivid historical imagery produced during these years by bringing together some of the finest masterpieces of illumination created in the Middle Ages. From around 1250 to the close of the fifteenth century, the most important and original work being done in secular illumination was unquestionably in French vernacular history manuscripts. Spiegel.. The images enabled the past to come alive before the eyes of medieval readers by relating the adventures of epic figures such as Hector of Troy, Alexander the Great, the Holy Roman Emperor Charl