Materials, Methods, and Masterpieces of Medieval Art by Janetta Rebold Benton

Materials, Methods, and Masterpieces of Medieval Art by Janetta Rebold Benton

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Materials, Methods, and Masterpieces of Medieval Art by Janetta Rebold Benton

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.
Janetta Rebold Benton is distinguished professor of art history and director of the Pforzheimer Honors College at Pace University, Pleasantville, NY.
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ISBN 13 9780275994181
ISBN 10 027599418X
Title Materials, Methods, and Masterpieces of Medieval Art
Author Janetta Rebold Benton
Series Praeger Series On The Middle Ages
Condition Unavailable
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Year published 2009-08-27
Number of pages 348
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