The review deals with Richard H. Rouse, Mary A. Rouse, Renaissance Illuminators in Paris: Artists & Artisans 1500-1715. London and Turnhout: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2019; 280 pp., 65 colour illus., ISBN: 978-1-912554-28-7. It stresses that the book provides a vivid and complex picture of a ‘community of Parisian illuminators that survived the advent of the printing press for a great deal longer than anyone had a right to expect’ (p. 153). The analysis also points out to the book under review is a valuable resource for socio-economic historians of late Renaissance and Baroque Paris, for art historians working on illumination and illuminators, and for scholars of book history and culture.
Titolo: | Richard H. Rouse, Mary A. Rouse, Renaissance Illuminators in Paris: Artists & Artisans 1500-1715. London and Turnhout: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2019; 280 pp., 65 colour illus., ISBN: 978-1-912554-28-7. | |
Autore/i: | Smurra, Rosa | |
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Anno: | 2020 | |
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Abstract: | The review deals with Richard H. Rouse, Mary A. Rouse, Renaissance Illuminators in Paris: Artists & Artisans 1500-1715. London and Turnhout: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2019; 280 pp., 65 colour illus., ISBN: 978-1-912554-28-7. It stresses that the book provides a vivid and complex picture of a ‘community of Parisian illuminators that survived the advent of the printing press for a great deal longer than anyone had a right to expect’ (p. 153). The analysis also points out to the book under review is a valuable resource for socio-economic historians of late Renaissance and Baroque Paris, for art historians working on illumination and illuminators, and for scholars of book history and culture. | |
Data stato definitivo: | 14-feb-2022 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.03 Recensione in rivista |