
- 348 pages
- English
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Materials, Methods, and Masterpieces of Medieval Art
About this book
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Manuscript Illumination: Miniature Masterpieces
- Chapter 2 Painting on Wooden Panels: Egg Tempera, the Introduction of Oil
- Chapter 3 Painting on Walls and Ceilings: Fresco Secco and Fresco Buono
- Chapter 4 Mosaic: Sparkling Surfaces
- Chapter 5 Ivory Carving: Elephant and Walrus Tusk
- Chapter 6 Metal, Wood, and Stone
- Chapter 7 Enamel: Cloisonné and Champlevé
- Chapter 8 Stained Glass: Windows of Colored Light
- Chapter 9 Tapestry and Other Textiles: Adept with Warp and Weft
- Chapter 10 Secular Clothing: Fit for a King and Queen
- Chapter 11 Ecclesiastical Vestments: Higher Fashion
- Chapter 12 Armor: Dressed to Kill
- Conclusion
- Suggested Reading
- Index