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Antipodean early modern : European art in Australian collections, c. 1200-1600 /

A Rothschild prayer book; an Italian bronze casket by Antico; a lavishly illustrated Carnival chronicle from sixteenth-century Germany; an altarpiece by the famous Flemish painter Pieter Brueghel the Younger - much of the artwork in this book, held by Australian collections, is essentially unknown b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dunlop, Anne (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Intro; Antipodean Early Modern; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1. Legacies of early European art in Australian collections; About the author; Works cited; 2. Heaven and earth: the worlds of the Rothschild Prayer Book; About the author; Works cited; 3. The Rothschild Prayer Book as political, social and economic agent through the ages; Devotional manuscripts as mediators of power at the European courts; The Prayer Book and the Third Reich; About the author; Works cited; Unpublished sources; Published Sources
  • 4. 'Women who read are dangerous': illuminated manuscripts and female book collections in the early RenaissanceThe dangers of reading novels and romances; The benefits of reading good books; Two noblewomen, two libraries: ­Margaret of York and Margaret of ­Austria; A space for female devotion: the bedroom and study; Outstanding manuscripts for exceptional women; Conclusions; About the author; Works cited; 5. Medieval parchment: two glossed Bible books in context; What is parchment?; Glossed books in the history of the Bible; Epistles
  • background and execution; The Leviticus; About the author
  • Works cited6. Beginnings and endings: the shaping of the Book of Hours; From Psalter to Psalter-Hours; Illustration of the SLV Psalter-Hours; The Aspremont-Kievraing Psalter-Hours: France, the Lorraine; The Rothschild Prayer Book and the Book of Hours; About the author; Works cited; 7. An associate of the Jouvenel Master and the Breviary of Prior François Robert; About the author; Works cited; 8. Chrysalis to butterfly: an aspect of the evolution of the Book of Hours from manuscript to print; The Baillieu Hours; The Ballarat Hours; About the author; Appendix; Works cited
  • 9. The Sorbonne Press and the chancellor's manuscriptAbout the author; Works cited; 10. Thielman Kerver's Book of Hours of 10 September 1522 in the Kerry Stokes Collection; Books of Hours in manuscript and print; Thielman Kerver, Imprimeur-libraire; Kerver's Book of Hours in the Stokes Collection; About the author; Works cited; 11. An accessory of intellect: a Renaissance writing casket from the Kerry Stokes Collection; About the author; Works cited; 12. 'A Very Rich Adornment': a discussion of the Stokes Cassone; About the author; Works cited; Archivio di Stato di Firenze (ASF), Florence
  • Other works13. The Dormition of the Virgin altarpiece from the Kerry Stokes Collection; About the author; Works cited; 14. Through the son: Pieter Brueghel the Younger's Crucifixion; About the author; Works cited; 15. The Kerry Stokes Schembart book: festivity, fashion and family in the late medieval Nuremberg Carnival; Features and content of the Kerry Stokes Schembart book; Origins and historical development of the Nuremberg Schembart; The broader meaning of Schembart and survival in the Schembart books; About the author; Works cited; Index