Treasures of a Lost Art
Subtitle: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: February 8, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780300098792
Subjects: Exhibition catalogues and specific collections; Illustration; Medieval art; Painting & paintings; Renaissance art; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 1500 to c 1600; Art; Art & Art Instruction; Italy; USA; European; History - Medieval; History - Renaissance; History / General; General
First sentence: On May 26, 1825, the first sale of illuminated manuscript leaves and cuttings took place at Christie's, in London.
Description: "Treasures of a Lost Art presents 144 leaves, cuttings, and illuminated manuscript fragments from the collection of Robert Lehman (1891-1969), one of the largest and most impressive private holdings of Italian manuscripts assembled after the First World War. Discussed here - with many of them handsomely illustrated in full color - are important examples of the major schools of illumination in southern Italy, Umbria, Tuscany, Emilia, Lombardy, and the Veneto.

Previously unpublished, and perhaps even unknown to scholars, are works by some of the foremost Italian painters of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, including a leaf here attributed for the first time to the Sienese master Duccio di Buoninsegna and cuttings by Stefano da Verona and Cosimo Tura. Lesser-known arists, such as Neri da Rimini, Belbello da Pavia, and Girolamo da Cremona, once renowned for their beautifully illuminated volumes, are also discussed in full."--BOOK JACKET.