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Bourdichon's Boston hours / Anne-Marie Eze and Nicholas Herman ; with contributions by Jessica Chloros and Nathaniel Silver.
LIBRA ND3363.A1 E94 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eze, Anne-Marie, author.
- Herman, Nicholas, author.
- Series:
- Close up (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum)
- Close-up
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bourdichon, Jean, 1457?-1521?--Exhibitions.
- Bourdichon, Jean.
- Bourdichon, Jean, 1457?-1521?.
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
- Books of hours--Massachusetts--Boston--Exhibitions.
- Books of hours.
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum--Exhibitions.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 63 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum ; London : Paul Holberton Publishing, 2021.
- Summary:
- This absorbing book explores the crown jewel of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's collection of rare books and manuscripts: Jean Bourdichon's Boston Hours. As court artist to King François I of France, Bourdichon produced paintings, books and even parade floats for the sovereign and his entourage. This publication accompanies the museum's first ever exhibition dedicated to this spectacular illuminated manuscript. Painter to two kings, Jean Bourdichon remains today one of the most celebrated artists of the French Renaissance. By age twenty-four, he was already serving as 'peintre du roy,' a title which Bourdichon held for the rest of his life. His illustrious career at the French royal court led to a wide range of commissions--from portraits to wall maps to stained glass--but he is remembered principally for astonishing illuminated manuscripts. The peerless Grandes Heures for Queen Anne of Brittany remains the touchstone of this group which includes some of the most lavishly painted books of hours ever produced. This book is the latest in the Gardner's 'Close Up' series, each installment focusing on an individual, outstanding work of art in the collection. This publication is the first dedicated to this rare treasure, and precedes an exhibition opening in summer 2022. Exhibition: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, USA (Summer 2022).
- Notes:
- "First published to accompany the exhibition of Bourdichon's Boston hours, curated by Nathaniel Silver June 2022-December 2022" -- Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781913645014
- 1913645010
- OCLC:
- 1240413976
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