Choirs of angels : painting in Italian choir books, 1300-1500 / Barbara Drake Boehm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boehm, Barbara Drake, author.

Contributor:

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Service books (Music)--Italy--Illustrations--Exhibitions.

Service books (Music).

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--Exhibitions.

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian--15th century--Exhibitions.

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (64 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press, 2008.

Summary:

"This book describes and illustrates the Metropolitan Museum's collection of nearly 40 illuminations from Italian choral manuscripts. Representing the work of Gothic and Renaissance masters both celebrated and anonymous, these precious paintings in miniature - with their compelling narrative, brilliant color, and shining gold - bear witness to exceptional aesthetic accomplishment. The choir books they illuminate are a rich source of information about the development of chant, whose unexpected transcendent tonalities have abiding appeal today. They also serve as primary sources for the study of the lives of religious communities and of the philosophy and faith that infused medieval Europe, offering a glimpse of Italy at the dawn of the Renaissance."--BOOK JACKET.

Notes:

Also available as electronic reproduction. New York, N.Y. : Thomas J. Watson Library, 2014.

Issued in connection with an exhibition held Nov. 25, 2008-Apr. 12, 2009, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

"Reprint of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (Winter 2009)."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781588393050 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art (pbk.))

9780300141429 (Yale University Press (pbk.))

OCLC:

223872528

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access