Kings, Queens, and Courtiers Art in Early Renaissance France Martha Wolff, Thomas Kren, Elisabeth Taburet-Delahaye, Roger S. Wieck, Martha Wolff

This sumptuous catalogue provides an overview of French art circa 1500, a dynamic, transitional period when the country, resurgent after the dislocations of the Hundred Years' War, invaded Italy and all media flourished. What followed was the emergence of a unique art: the fusion of the Italian Renaissance with northern European Gothic styles. Outstanding examples of exquisite and revolutionary works are featured, including paintings, sculptures, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, tapestries, and metalwork. Exciting new research brings to life court artists Jean Fouquet, Jean Bourdichon, Michel Colombe, Jean Poyer, and Jean Hey (The Master of Moulins), all of whose creations were used by kings and queens to assert power and prestige. Also detailed are the organization of workshops and the development of the influential art market in Paris and the Loire Valley.

Martha Wolff is Curator of European Painting before 1750 at the Art Institute of Chicago. Thomas Kren is Senior Curator of Manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Elisabeth Taburet-Delahaye is Director of the Musee National du Moyen Age, Cluny. Roger Wieck is Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the Morgan Library and Museum, New York.

"American readers are well served by the more compact, beautifully illustrated English version. Recommended."--W./i>--W. Cahn "Choice "

Page spreads