European Tapestries in the Art Institute of Chicago

Klappentext This lavishly illustrated book presents a rich variety of European tapestries from the Art Institute of Chicago. These exquisite tapestries include medieval! Renaissance! and Baroque examples! manufactured at almost all the major centers of production in many of the foremost workshops. Among the works discussed are "The Annunciation!" a Renaissance masterpiece designed by an artist in the circle of Mantegna; "Autumn" and" Winter!" based on designs by Charles Le Brun; and "The Elephant!" woven after a design by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer. An international team of scholars explain the history of this previously unpublished collection and offer new designer and workshop attributions! design and source identifications! and provenance information. "Richly illustrated, with almost 300 images, many in color, this dazzling volume is a "desideratum" for anyone interested in the history of economics, seventeenth-century Flemish art, the history of tapestries, or the painters whop designed them, including Charles Le Brun, Jacob Jordaens, Francois Boucher, and Edward Burne-Jones."--Diane Wolfthal, "Renaissance Quarterly"--Diane Wolfthal "Renaissance Quarterly " Zusammenfassung Presents a variety of European tapestries from the Art Institute of Chicago! including medieval! Renaissance! and Baroque examples! manufactured at almost all the major centres of production in many of the foremost workshops.

Product details

• Authors: Koenraad Brosens, Koenraad/ Bertrand Brosens
• Assisted by: Christa C. Mayer Thurman (Editor), Christa C.mayer Thurman (Editor), Christa Mayer Thurman (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.09.2008
• EAN: 9780300119602
• ISBN: 978-0-300-11960-2
• No. of pages: 408
• Dimensions: 248 mm x 311 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Art Institute of Chicago; Elgar EU Energy Law series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts