Tapestry in the Renaissance
Subtitle: art and magnificence
By: Thomas P. Campbell ; with contributions by Maryan W. Ainsworth ... [et al.] ; photography by Bruce White.
Contributors: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York; New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 594
ISBN-13: 9781588390219; 9781588390226; 9780300093704; 9780300120639
Subjects: Tapestry, Renaissance -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions
Description: "This study focuses on the stylistic evolution of tapestry design in the Netherlands beginning with the development by Netherlandish designers in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries of an aesthetic that emphasized narrative and decorative qualities."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 12-June 19, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-566) and index.
Table of contents: title: The art and magnificence of Renaissance tapestries : introduction; title: Tapestry patronage in Northern Europe, 1380-1500; title: Merchants and weavers in Northern Europe, 1380-1480; title: Artists and cartoonists in northern Europe, 1380-1480; title: Patronage and production in Italy, 1380-1510; title: Netherlandish production and the rise of Brussels, 1480-1515; title: The Acts of the Apostles tapestries and Raphael's cartoons; title: Designs for the papacy by the Raphael Workshop, 1517-30; title: Patronage and production in Northern Europe, 1520-60; title: Bernaert van Orley and the revolution in Netherlandish tapestry design, 1515-41; title: Italian designs in Brussels, 1530-35; title: Netherlandish designers, 1530-60; title: Tapestry production in France, 1520-60; title: Tapestry production in Italy, 1520-60; title: Epilogue : the Netherlandish tapestry industry after 1560.