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Renaissance splendor : Catherine de' Medici's Valois tapestries

Title
Renaissance splendor : Catherine de' Medici's Valois tapestries / Elizabeth Cleland and Marjorie E. Wieseman ; with contributions by Francesca de Luca [and 3 others].
Author
Cleland, Elizabeth A. H.
Publication
  • Cleveland, OH : Cleveland Museum of Art, [2018]
  • New Haven, CT : Distributed by Yale University Press
  • ©2018

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Additional Authors
  • Wieseman, Marjorie E.
  • De Luca, Francesca
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, issuing body, host institution.
Description
94 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, genealogical table; 29 x 31 cm
Summary
Featuring detailed scenes of court pageantry and life-size portraits of members of the French Valois dynasty woven in wool, silk, and precious metal-wrapped threads, the Valois Tapestries are one of the most extravagant sets of hangings produced in the 16th century. The precise circumstances surrounding the tapestries' commission and their arrival at the Medici court in Florence, as well as the significance of the specific scenes depicted, however, have eluded scholars for years. Presenting new research into the political maneuvering of the Valois and Medici courts and providing extensive physical analysis gathered during a recent cleaning of the tapestries, this volume offers brand new insight into why these magnificent works were made and what they represent.00Exhibition: Cleveland Museum of Art, USA (11.11.2018-27.01.2019).
Alternative Title
Catherine de' Medici's Valois tapestries
Subject
  • Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589 > Art patronage > Exhibitions
  • Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589
  • Valois tapestries > Exhibitions
  • Valois tapestries
  • 1363-1500
  • Tapestry, Flemish > Exhibitions
  • Nobility > France > Burgundy > History > To 1500 > Portraits > Exhibitions
  • Art patronage
  • Nobility
  • Tapestry, Flemish
  • Burgundy (France) > History > House of Valois, 1363-1477 > Exhibitions
  • France > Burgundy
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • History.
Note
  • "Published on the occasion of the exhibition ... November 18, 2018 to January 21, 2019, at the Cleveland Museum of Art."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-91) and index.
Call Number
JQG 19-144
ISBN
  • 9781935294696
  • 1935294695
  • 9780300237061
  • 0300237065
OCLC
1062361479
Author
Cleland, Elizabeth A. H., author.
Title
Renaissance splendor : Catherine de' Medici's Valois tapestries / Elizabeth Cleland and Marjorie E. Wieseman ; with contributions by Francesca de Luca [and 3 others].
Publisher
Cleveland, OH : Cleveland Museum of Art, [2018]
Distributor
New Haven, CT : Distributed by Yale University Press
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-91) and index.
Chronological Term
1363-1500
Added Author
Wieseman, Marjorie E., author.
De Luca, Francesca, writer of added text.
Cleveland Museum of Art, issuing body, host institution.
Research Call Number
JQG 19-144
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