Full Description
A Prayer Book owned by the Rothschilds, an Italian bronze casket by Antico, a lavishly illustrated Carnival chronicle from sixteenth-century Germany, an altarpiece by Pieter Brueghel the Younger - much of the artwork in this book, held by Australian collections, is essentially unknown beyond the continent. The authors of these essays showcase these extraordinary objects to their full potential, revealing a wide range of contemporary art and historical research. This collection of essays will surprise even specialists.
Contents
Contributors List of Figures Acknowledgments 1.Anne Dunlop, Legacies of early European art in Australian collections 2.Kay Sutton, Heaven and earth: the worlds of the Rothschild Prayer Book 3.Kate Challis, The Rothschild Prayer Book as political, social, and economic agent through the ages 4.Dagmar Eichberger, 'Women who read are dangerous': illuminated manuscripts and female book collections in the early Renaissance 5.Libby Melzer, Medieval parchment: two Glossed Bible books in context 6.Margaret M. Manion, Beginnings and endings: the shaping of the Book of Hours 7.Elaine Shaw, An associate of the Jouvenel Master and the Breviary of Prior François Robert 8.Bernard J. Muir, Chrysalis to butterfly: an aspect of the evolution of the Book of Hours from manuscript to print 9.Jan Fox, The Sorbonne Press and the chancellor's manuscript 10.Hilary Maddocks, Thielman Kerver's Book of Hours of 10 September 1522 in the Kerry Stokes Collection 11.Miya Tokumitsu, An accessory of intellect: a Renaissance writing casket from the Kerry Stokes Collection 12.Callum Reid, 'A Very Rich Adornment': a discussion of the Stokes Cassone 13.Ursula Betka, The Dormition of the Virgin altarpiece from the Kerry Stokes Collection 14.Larry Silver, Through the son: Pieter Brueghel the Younger's Crucifixion 15.Charles Zika, The Kerry Stokes Schembart book: festivity, fashion, and family in the late medieval Nuremberg Carnival Index
