French Art: The Ancien Régime, 1620-1775Flammarion, 1996 - Art The first volume opens with the artifacts left behind by the earliest inhabitants of the area that forms modern France - prehistoric cave dwellers, Celts, Gallo-Romans, and Merovingians - which are examined in Part I, along with the stunning artistic achievements of Charlemagne and his Carolingian successors. Part II explores the development of monumental Romanesque and Gothic sculpture and architecture, as well as the growing importance of manuscript illumination, ivory carving, and precious metalwork. The late Gothic period is the subject of the last section, which concludes with the highly refined and stylized courtly art of the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries - the final and perfect flowering of the medieval world. |
Contents
A HEROIC ERA 16201660 | 98 |
A REGAL ERA 16601710 | 168 |
AN ERA OF GRACE AND CRAFT 17101775 | 244 |
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References to this book
Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A Concise History Helen Gardner,Fred S. Kleiner,Christin J. Mamiya No preview available - 2006 |