Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)
Price 102.75 USD
EAN/UPC/ISBN Code
9780300120639
Author
Thomas P. Campbell
Producer
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pages
604
Year of production
2002
Tapestries––the art form of kings––were a principal tool used by powerful Renaissance rulers to convey their wealth and might. From 1460 to 1560, courts and churches lavished vast sums on costly weavings in silk and gold thread from designs by leading artists. In this lavishly illustrated book, the first major survey of tapestry production of this period, contributors analyze some of these beautiful tapestries, examine the stylistic and technical development of tapestry production in the Low Countries, France, and Italy during the Renaissance, and discuss the contribution that the medium made to art, liturgy, and propaganda of the day.