The Tres Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (756 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807612200 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | French |
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. The preface, for example, cites the "sparkling diapered background" of a particular night scene, but here the stars not only do not sparkle but are barely perceptible. The absence of the gold has a disastrous effect on the manuscript's famous architectural renderings, robbing them of their depth of field and subtlety of color. From Publishers Weekly Widely praised for providing unprecedented access to perhaps the most closely guarded and celebrated of medieval illuminated manuscripts, Braziller's sublime 1969 facsimile is denatured in this first paperback version. $30,000 ad/promo; BOMC and QPBC selections. Surely this relatively inexpensive paperback has been designed with the goal of making the Tres Riches Heures even more accessible; ironically, the reproductions are so dramatically inferior that the purchase of the volume is a false economy. Only the jacket has retained the metallic gold that supplements the four-color art of the cloth edition; withi
Disappointing 2008 Hardcover Reprint of the Classic 1969 Braziller Edition Hammond Eggs Some years ago I reluctantly parted with my copy of The Très Riches Heures in the magnificent 1969 edition published by George Braziller, and I'd been missing it ever since. So it was with considerable anticipation that I ordered this new Braziller hardcover edition from Amazon at a terr. Hammond Eggs said The Classic Original 1969 Edition. [A WORD OF WARNING: My review below of the 1969 Braziller edition of the Très Riches Heures now appears with reviews of a "The Classic Original 1969 Edition" according to Hammond Eggs. [A WORD OF WARNING: My review below of the 1969 Braziller edition of the Très Riches Heures now appears with reviews of a 2008 Braziller reprint edition. The 2008 version is inferior to the 1969 original in printing quality and editorial layout. Do not buy it. (See my review of the 2008 . 008 Braziller reprint edition. The "The Classic Original 1969 Edition" according to Hammond Eggs. [A WORD OF WARNING: My review below of the 1969 Braziller edition of the Très Riches Heures now appears with reviews of a 2008 Braziller reprint edition. The 2008 version is inferior to the 1969 original in printing quality and editorial layout. Do not buy it. (See my review of the 2008 . 008 version is inferior to the 1969 original in printing quality and editorial layout. Do not buy it. (See my review of the "The Classic Original 1969 Edition" according to Hammond Eggs. [A WORD OF WARNING: My review below of the 1969 Braziller edition of the Très Riches Heures now appears with reviews of a 2008 Braziller reprint edition. The 2008 version is inferior to the 1969 original in printing quality and editorial layout. Do not buy it. (See my review of the 2008 . 008 . Samuel Adams said No comparison. Before the reviews here were written, I bought the latest edition of this book, thinking the more modern the better. However, after noticing the reviews on this page, I got the 1969 edition as well.As has been observed, there is no comparison between the earlier edition and the latest one. The
One of the most successful art books of all time is now available in paperback for the first time. 139 color plates.. In their now-classic texts, Longnon and Cazelles recount the history of this work from its inception up until modern times
He edited several leading art journals and wrote articles and books on medieval and Renaissance painting. Millard Meiss (1904-1975), an American art historian, taught art history at Columbia from 1934 to 1953 and thereafter was professor at Harvard until 1958, when he joined the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J.