Materials, Methods, and Masterpieces of Medieval Art

Materials, Methods, and Masterpieces of Medieval Art
ISBN-10
1567206557
ISBN-13
9781567206555
Category
History
Pages
347
Language
English
Published
2009-08-27
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Author
Janetta Rebold Benton

Description

A comprehensive and informed analysis explores the startlingly diverse and sophisticated fine arts in the Middle Ages. Materials, Methods, and Masterpieces of Medieval Art provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the work done by artists in western Europe during the Middle Ages. Art historian Janetta Rebold Benton uses examples such as the Book of Kells, Bury Saint Edmunds Cross, and the Bayeux Tapestry, and the work of artists such as Jan van Eyck and Giotto to explore the various media available to medieval artists and the ways in which those media were used to create a stunning array of masterworks. Although the visual arts of the Middle Ages were extremely colorful, today much of that color has diminished or disappeared, the pigments and threads faded, the gold abraded, the silver tarnished. Materials, Methods, and Masterpieces of Medieval Art allows these works to sparkle once more.

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