The art of illumination
- 376 pages
- 14 hours of reading
One of the most lavishly illustrated codices of the Middle Ages, the "Belles Heures" (1405-1408/9) is the only manuscript executed in its entirety by the famed Limbourg brothers.
Timothy Husband Book order
Timothy B. Husband has dedicated over forty years to the study and curation of late medieval art, with a particular focus on the German-speaking world. His expertise spans a wide range of media, encompassing sculpture, tapestries, goldsmith work, ceramics, manuscripts, and stained glass. Throughout his extensive career at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he has organized numerous significant exhibitions and authored publications that illuminate the captivating realm of medieval art, especially manuscript illumination.
- 2009
- 1997
European glass in the J. Paul Getty Museum
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
This beautifully illustrated volume presents sixty-eight objects from one of the world's finest collections of post-classical glass--including such marvels as glass imitating rock-crystal and other semi-precious stones, glass formed into large and intricate shapes, and glass decorated withengraving, enameling, gilding, and carving. Each object is painstakingly described and a series of essays provide a wealth of background information.
