Painting the page in the age of print : Central European manuscript illumination of the fifteenth century / edited by Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Robert Suckale, and Gude Suckale-Redlefsen ; translated by David Sánchez.
"The history of the book in the fifteenth century is especially associated in German-speaking countries with Gutenberg's invention of printing with movable type. Over a century of scholarship has tended, often in rather gratuitous fashion, to dismiss the majority of illuminated manuscripts...
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| Other title: | Unter Druck. English. Central European manuscript illumination of the fifteenth century. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English German |
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada :
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies,
[2018]
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| Series: | Text, image, context ;
4. Studies and texts (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) ; 208. |
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| Summary: | "The history of the book in the fifteenth century is especially associated in German-speaking countries with Gutenberg's invention of printing with movable type. Over a century of scholarship has tended, often in rather gratuitous fashion, to dismiss the majority of illuminated manuscripts produced in central Europe between around 1400 and the Reformation as mediocre manifestations of a culture in decline. This book--originally published in German to accompany a series of exhibitions in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland from 2015 to 2017--was written to challenge these prejudices and the weight of tradition which they represent. It contains four wide-ranging art historical essays which for the first time give an overview of fifteenth-century illumination in Central Europe."-- |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in German in 2015, under the title: Unter Druck : mitteleuropäische Buchmalerei im Zeitalter Gutenbergs. |
| Physical Description: | xxxii, 329 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-322) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780888442086 0888442084 |