ARTH 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Erwin Von Steinbach, Jocelin Of Glasgow, Coronation Chair
27 Mar 2017
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Arth 212 week 10 march 22. Illustrations in the psalter of blanche of castile. Intense colours as abbot suger was a fan of colour and light. A collection of biblical texts for private devotion. Had labours of the months (a new labour every month) Hours of the virgin (or the canonical hours) Shows months, labour, and zodiac on a calendar page. Had 8 hours, all associated with different hours of the day and each with a prayer (cid:862)mati(cid:374)s: betra(cid:455)al of crist a(cid:374)d a(cid:374)(cid:374)u(cid:374)(cid:272)iatio(cid:374)(cid:863) Technique is called grisaille, which means it is in black and white, except for a few colours. Shows figures participating in every day activities. Jesus a(cid:374)d mar(cid:455) ha(cid:448)e a(cid:374) (cid:862) (cid:863) shape. Is actually a picture of the patron, who was a great art collector. Tres riches heures of jean, duc de berry. Kind of like a(cid:374) i(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:374)tor(cid:455) o jea(cid:374)"s possessio(cid:374)s (cid:862)fe(cid:271)ruar(cid:455)(cid:863) Man showing private parts (cid:862)ju(cid:374)e(cid:863) shows palace in the back.
