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The Tapestry Book
(Hardcover)
Helen Churchill Hungerford Candee, Mrs Helen Churchill (Hungerford) Cande
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R1,084
Discovery Miles 10 840
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Situated at around 3,300 ft above sea level in the mountains of the
Swiss Jura region, the town of La Chaux-de-Fonds experienced
significant economic development towards the end of the 19th
century, which went hand in hand with much building activity. There
are few other places in Switzerland in which the influence of art
nouveau is so clearly visible. Significantly inspired by the
painter and architect Charles L'Eplattenier (1874-1946), and his
art and decoration course at the local school of applied arts in
1905, a local variant of art nouveau developed, the so-called Style
sapin or "fir style." Protagonists of this movement accorded
special importance in their works to the use of symbolic motifs
that reflect the nature of the Jura landscape and especially its
fir forests. This book offers a comprehensive survey of the Style
sapin and builds bridges into the 21st century. It places the "fir
style" within the international context of art nouveau and also
addresses in detail the local facets of this movement, which has
left traces that are still visible today in watchmaking, applied
arts, and architecture. Moreover, it draws attention for the first
time to the previously scarcely acknowledged female artists of the
Style sapin. Text in French.
The Spitz book of hours is one of the finest French books of hours
in the collections of the Getty Museum. It is also one of the most
original and inventive manuscripts painted in the International
style. The Spitz Master, its primary illuminator, allows the
narrative of the miniatures to fill the borders, bringing its pages
alive in a fresh and engaging manner.
In new art-historical research, Gregory Clark places this
manuscript's vivid, even witty, imagery in the turbulent context of
Parisian culture around 1420. Clark also examines the book of hours
in the context of medieval culture, the book trade in Paris, and
the role of Paris as an international center of illumination. The
Spitz Master: A Parisian Book of Hours is the first study devoted
entirely to the manuscript and reproduces all the book's glowing
miniatures in full color. It will serve as a lively introduction to
the Spitz Hours for scholars and the general public alike.
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