Un luminoso despliegue de naturalismo medieval brilla en este exquisito manuscrito del siglo XV de los hermanos Limbourg, ofreciendo una visión única del suntuoso arte de la Edad Media para su colección privada.
¡Explora el innovador estilo gótico internacional de los hermanos Limbourg! Artistas neerlandeses (1385-1416) conocidos por sus impresionantes manuscritos iluminados y obras detalladas.
The Met Cloisters
(Nueva York, Estados Unidos de América)
Descubre los legendarios Tapices del Unicornio en The Met Cloisters, Nueva York: una impresionante reconstrucción de la Europa medieval que ofrece un viaje inmersivo por el arte y la historia monástica.
Created between 1405 and 1408 or 1409, probably in Paris, the Belles Heures, or Beautiful Hours, a private devotional book, is one of the most sumptuous manuscripts to have come down to us from the Middle Ages. Commissioned by Jean de France, duc de Berry from the Limbourg brothers, the most gifted artists of their time, it is the only manuscript completed by them in its entirety. The richly illustrated text is enhanced by seven unprecedented picture cycles devoted to Christian figures or events that held special significance for the duke. Using a luminous palette, the artists blended an intimate Northern vision of nature with Italianate modes of figural articulation. The keen interest in the natural world and the naturalistic means of representing it, so striking in the 172 illuminations, foreshadow the work of Jan van Eyck and the ensuing generations of outstanding 15th-century painters in the South Netherlands.For a complete discussion of the Belles Heures, see: The Art of Illumination
