Materials, Methods, and Masterpieces of Medieval Art (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780275994181)

A comprehensive and informed analysis explores the startlingly diverse and sophisticated fine arts in the Middle Ages.

Materials, Methods, and Masterpieces of Medieval Art provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the work done by artists in western Europe during the Middle Ages. Art historian Janetta Rebold Benton uses examples such as the Book of Kells, Bury Saint Edmunds Cross, and the Bayeux Tapestry, and the work of artists such as Jan van Eyck and Giotto to explore the various media available to medieval artists and the ways in which those media were used to create a stunning array of masterworks.

Although the visual arts of the Middle Ages were extremely colorful, today much of that color has diminished or disappeared, the pigments and threads faded, the gold abraded, the silver tarnished. Materials, Methods, and Masterpieces of Medieval Art allows these works to sparkle once more.

Author: Janetta Rebold Benton
ISBN-10: 027599418X
ISBN-13: 9780275994181
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 08/27/2009
Pages: 348
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2010
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2009 pg. 234