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The Burke Collection of Italian manuscript paintings

Title: The Burke Collection of Italian manuscript paintings / edited by Sandra Hidman and Federica Toniolo ; introduction by Christopher de Hamel.
Publication: London : Ad Ilissvm, [2021]

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	JQG 21-150	Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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472 pages : color illustrations; 31 cm

Summary

The outstanding Burke Collection of Italian miniatures, which is housed in Special Collections in the the Stanford University Libraries, has been built over more than twenty years and includes manuscript leaves, cuttings, and codices by many of the greatest Italian artists of the medieval and Renaissance periods. Works in the collection range in date from the 12th through the 16th centuries, and in them we see masterfully painted initials, borders, and miniatures that enhance our appreciation of the great skill that John Ruskin called writing made beautiful. Comprised of over 40 miniatures from 35 different artists representing 13 different regions of Italy, the collection is characterized by its astonishingly high quality. It includes works produced by the most renowned Italian illuminators, who are often also documented as painters. Artists from Florence and Siena are certainly the best represented in the Burke collection. These include masterpieces by Don Simone Camaldolese and Lorenzo Monaco of Florence, and Giovanni di Paolo and Pellegrino di Mariano of Siena. The collection equally underlines the range of styles achieved by Italian illuminators active in Emilia-Romana, where great interpreters of Giotto were active, such as Neri da Rimini, Tommaso da Modena, and Nicolò di Giacomo, as well as masterpieces of the Venetian school, such as works by Cristoforo Cortese and the Master of the Murano Gradual. Lombardy is represented by one of the notable specialists of late Gothic painting, the Olivetan Master. Among the many highlights, there is the incomparable and world-class Crucifixion of the Master of Saint Francis of Assisi.

Subject

Genre/Form

Catalogs.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-457) and indexes.

Call Number

JQG 21-150

ISBN

9781912168200
1912168200

OCLC

1181994082

Title

The Burke Collection of Italian manuscript paintings / edited by Sandra Hidman and Federica Toniolo ; introduction by Christopher de Hamel.

Publisher

London : Ad Ilissvm, [2021]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-457) and indexes.

Added Author

Hindman, Sandra, 1944- editor.

Toniolo, Federica, editor.

De Hamel, Christopher, 1950- writer of introduction.

Research Call Number

JQG 21-150

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