Materials, Methods, and Masterpieces of Medieval Art

347 Pages·2009·7.111 MB·English

by  Janetta Rebold Benton

Materials, Methods,
and Masterpieces
of Medieval Art
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AdvisoryBoard
RenateBlumenfeld-Kosinski
ProfessorofRomanceLanguagesandLiterature,UniversityofPitsburgh
BarbaraHanawalt
KingGeorgeIIIProfessorofBritishHistory,OhioStateUniversity
E.AnnMatter
WilliamR.Kenan,Jr.ProfessorofReligiousStudiesandAssociateDeanofArtsand
Letters,CollegeofArtsandSciences,UniversityofPennsylvania
MarilynJ.Stokstad
JudithHarrisMurphyDistinguishedProfessorofArtHistoryEmerita,
UniversityofKansas
Materials, Methods,
and Masterpieces
of Medieval Art
Janetta Rebold Benton
PraegerSeriesontheMiddleAges
JaneChance,SeriesEditor
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Contents
Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction xix
Chapter1 ManuscriptIllumination:MiniatureMasterpieces 1
Chapter2 PaintingonWoodenPanels:EggTempera,
theIntroductionofOil 25
Chapter3 PaintingonWallsandCeilings:FrescoSecco
andFrescoBuono 43
Chapter4 Mosaic:SparklingSurfaces 69
Chapter5 IvoryCarving:ElephantandWalrusTusk 97
Chapter6 Metal,Wood,andStone 117
Chapter7 Enamel:Cloisonn(cid:2)eandChamplev(cid:2)e 149
Chapter8 StainedGlass:WindowsofColoredLight 169
Chapter9 TapestryandOtherTextiles:AdeptwithWarpandWeft 191
Chapter10 SecularClothing:FitforaKingandQueen 211
Chapter11 EcclesiasticalVestments:HigherFashion 237
Chapter12 Armor:DressedtoKill 255
Conclusion 277
SuggestedReading 281
Index 287
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Illustrations
Color Plates
1 SaintJohn,folioprecedingtheGospelofSt.John,intheBookofKells,Irish,
probablyc.800,manuscriptillumination,13(cid:3)91/2in.(33(cid:3)24cm.).
TrinityCollege,Dublin(MS58,folio291verso).(cid:2)C TheBoardofTrinity
College,Dublin,TheBridgemanArtLibrary.
2 SaintMark,foliointheGospelBookofArchbishopEbboofReims,
illuminatedforArchbishopEbbo,French,earlyninthcentury(816–
835),manuscriptillumination,101/4(cid:3)73/4in.(26(cid:3)19.7cm.).
Biblioth(cid:3)equeMunicipale,Epernay(folio18verso).ArtResource,NY.
3 Unicorn,foliointheWorksopBestiary(WorksopPriory),English,perhaps
LincolnorYork,priorto1187,manuscriptillumination,81/2(cid:3)61/8in.
(21.5(cid:3)15.5cm.).ThePierpontMorganLibrary,NewYork(MSM.81,
folio12verso).ThePierpontMorganLibrary/ArtResource,NY.
4 Limbourgbrothers(Pol,Herman,andJean),MonthofJanuary,folioinLes
tr(cid:3)esrichesheuresduducdeBerry,French,1413–1416,manuscriptillumination,
111/2(cid:3)81/4in.(29.2(cid:3)21cm.).Mus(cid:2)eeCond(cid:2)e,Ch^ateauofChantilly,
Chantilly(MS65,folio1verso).Photo:R.G.Ojeda;R(cid:2)euniondesMus(cid:2)ees
Nationaux/ArtResource,NY.
5 BonaventuraBerlinghieri(fl.1228–1274),SaintFrancisandScenesfromhis
Life,Italian,1235,eggtemperaandgoldleafonwoodenpanel.San
Francesco,Pescia.TheBridgemanArtLibrary.
6 JanandHubertvanEyck,GhentAltarpiece,polyptychwiththeAdoration
oftheMysticLamb,overviewofinside,Flemish,finished1432,egg
temperaandoilonwoodenpanels,11ft.53/4in.(cid:3)15ft.11/2in.