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The Hours of Henry VIII : A Renaissance Masterpiece by Jean Poyet

The Hours of Henry VIII : A Renaissance Masterpiece by Jean Poyet

The Hours of Henry VIII : A Renaissance Masterpiece by Jean Poyet
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The Hours of Henry VIII : A Renaissance Masterpiece by Jean Poyet

by Wieck, R.S. ; Voelkle, W.M. ; Hearne, K.M. ; Poyet, J. ; Bourdichon, J

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0807614777
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9780807614778
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George Braziller, New York, first edition, 2000. Cloth, 4to, 29 cm,. x, 194 pp, 58 colour and 45 black-and-white illustrations. From the blurb: "A product for the royal court of France, the "Hours of Henry VIII," created around 1500 by Jean Poyet, is one of the most splendid Books of Hours to come down to us from this period. This magnificently illustrated lay book of daily devotions and prayers contains fifty-five exquisitely hand-painted images that accompany the calendar, prayers to the Virgin Mary and the saints, extracts from the Bible, and prayers for the dead. They are all reproduced here in color for the first time. The previously little-known Poyet (active ca. 1483-1503) enjoyed the patronage of the courts of three French kings (Louis XI, Charles VIII, and Louis XII). Not only an illuminator of manuscripts of the highest quality, Poyet also created panel paintings, elaborate drawings, and designed theatrical spectacles, all in a style that links Fouquet to Poussin. Author Roger S.Wieck provides a thorough explanation of the importance both of this grand manuscript within its art historical context and of Poyet's artistic achievements, which fluidly merged the cool, late Gothic aesthetic of his native northern France with the avant-garde Renaissance style of northern Italy. All major works by Poyet are discussed and illustrated. The volume is completed by detailed commentaries by Wieck, William M.Voelkle, and K. Michelle Hearne on each section of the Book of Hours and its miniatures, and an analysis of the fascinating history of the manuscript (tradition holds that it was once in the collection of Henry VIII, hence its name today). We are pleased to introduce Poyet's inventive and elegant illuminations, created at the dawn of the French Renaissance, in this splendid volume." The illustrations had previously been attributed to Jean Bourdichon. Elegant bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper.

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Title
The Hours of Henry VIII : A Renaissance Masterpiece by Jean Poyet
Author
Wieck, R.S. ; Voelkle, W.M. ; Hearne, K.M. ; Poyet, J. ; Bourdichon, J
Format/Binding
Cloth, 4to, 29 cm,
Book Condition
Used - Elegant bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0807614777
ISBN 13
9780807614778
Publisher
George Braziller, New York, first edition, 2000
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2000
Pages
x, 194 pp, 58 colour and 45 black-and-white illustrations
Keywords
Books of hours France Illustrations. Poyet, Jean, fl. 1465-1503. Bourdichon, Jean, 1457?-1521? Illumination of books and manuscripts, French. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance France. Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 Books and readi
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