Master of Death : The Lifeless Art of Pierre Remiet, Illuminator
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Camille spent over 12 years in Europe and the U. S. tracking down medieval manuscripts that contain the work of one little-known manuscript illuminator Pierre Remiet. At once a biography of Remiet, an art history, and a review of daily life in medieval times, this title will prove hard to classify: though it will end up in art collections, its value as a rich probe of medieval images, daily life, and history should not be overlooked.
Book Description
Imaginative, innovative, and illustrated with some of the most striking images of the Middle Ages, this book is a "history of death in miniature" as told in hundreds of tiny pictures produced by fourteenth-century manuscript illuminator, Pierre Remiet, whose specialty was the representation of death, old age, and decay. Michael Camille explores the artist`s work, shedding light on medieval perceptions of death, its fascination with the macabre, and the relationship between mortality and image-making itself.
Master of Death: The Lifeless Art of Pierre Remiet, Illuminator,Michael Camille,Yale University Press,0300064578,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Criticism and interpretation,Death in art,France,History - General,Illumination Of Books And Manuscripts,Illumination of books and manu,Illumination of books and manuscripts, French,Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval,Individual Artist,Medieval Art,Paris,Remiet, Pierre,Techniques - Calligraphy,Art / History / General,Biography: general,Decorative arts & crafts,History of art: c 500 CE to c 1400
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