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| Richard Marks and Paul Williamson, eds |
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| Published September 2003 |
| Hardback 496 pages |
| Format 287 x 249mm |
| Images 410 col 65 b/w |
| ISBN 1 85177 401 7 |
| Price £45.00 |
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| This definitive catalogue is published to accompany a major V&A exhibition, the sequel to the hugely successful Age of Chivalry held at the Royal Academy in 1987. There is no other publication of this size and scope covering this important period of English art. |
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| Leading medieval scholars have contributed essays on subjects which encompass all aspects of life in this vibrant and influential time in English history - from war and politics to royalty and patronage, religion and the relationship with Europe, music and architecture. A magnificent range of images present the very finest works of late medieval art, with architecture a major feature in a period when English churches and cathedrals were at their most splendid. Many of the remarkable surviving examples of stone work, wood carving, stained glass and gold and silver plate have been gathered together for the first time, creating a book of both scholarship and beauty. |
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| Paul Williamson |
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| Published December 2003 |
| Hardback 160 pages |
| Format 300 x 247mm |
| Images 123 col |
| ISBN 1 85177 403 3 |
| Price £30.00 |
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| Published to coincide with the V&A's exhibition Gothic: Art for England 1400-1547, this long-awaited volume showcases the Museum's outstanding stained and painted glass - a peerless collection ranging in date from c. 1140 to 1540 and with important examples from England, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands and Italy. Over one hundred colour plates and selected details show the full range of this magnificent collection, from large panels from key churches and cathedrals such as La Sainte-Chapelle, St Germain des Prés, Cologne, Bruges, Canterbury and Winchester, to small but no less beautiful fragments. Commentaries on each of the pieces will reconstruct their original context and explain the imagery, thus also providing an indispensable introduction to the subject. |
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| Rowan Watson |
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| Published June 2003 |
| Hardback 144 pages |
| Format 270 x 216mm |
| Images 154 col |
| ISBN 1 85177 385 1 |
| Price £30.00 |
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| Illuminated manuscripts are widely recognized as among the most beautiful objects of the western world. This is a book about their making: about the many talents involved in producing the missals, books of hours, breviaries and bibles that astonish us still with their richness and beauty. Illuminated manuscripts were collaborative productions, with different specialists contributing script, initials, borders, illustration, and binding. Rowan Watson's study is both scholarly and rich in anecdote; he not only brings individual scribes and book dealers vividly to life but throws light on the commercial and religious environments in which they worked, and on the cooperative working practices devised for their production. The centrepiece is a section containing leaves from some of the finest examples in the collections of the V&A, many never previously published. |
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| Linda Woolley |
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| Published 2002 |
| Hardback 128pp + 4x8pp gatefolds |
| Format 300 x 250mm |
| Images 80 col |
| ISBN 1 85177 374 6 |
| Price £30.00 |
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| The four magnificent fifteenth-century Devonshire Hunting Tapestries in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum were acquired by the V&A in 1957 and formerly owned by the Dukes of Devonshire. They are the only great fifteenth-century hunting tapestries to have survived the ravages of time. |
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| With fold-out plates showing the complete tapestries in all their glory, this book is a celebration of these unique works of textile art. One of the V&A's greatest treasures, they are shown here in fascinating detail, offering rare insight into early fashions and textile patterns and a detailed and fascinating look at Medieval life and customs. |
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