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Title: Illuminated Manuscripts of Germany and Central Europe in the J.Paul Getty Museum Condition: New Author: . Kren Format: Hardback ISBN-10: 0892369485 EAN: 9780892369485 ISBN: 9780892369485 Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum Genre: Arts & Photography Release Date: 01/03/2009 Description: This book presents a lavishly illustrated survey of the art of illumination from the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum. It features 71 full-colour reproductions. This sumptuous volume presents more than 70 full-colour reproductions of some of the most highly-prized German and Central European manuscript illuminations in the world. This outstanding volume is the perfect introduction to an exquisite art form that flourished for centuries before the advent of the printing press and one that is now making a comeback in the world of bespoke art and design. The full-colour reproductions of these masterpiece works range from a sumptuously illuminated Ottonian texts from the late 10th and early 11th centuries to a copy of Rudolf von Em's Weltchronik, produced in the early fifteenth century, and chivalric and dynastic manuscripts from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 340mm Item Length: 172mm Item Width: 18mm Item Weight: 458g Release Year: 2009
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