Renaissance Splendor

Catherine de’ Medici’s Valois Tapestries

Elizabeth Cleland, Marjorie E. Wieseman (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

96 Seiten

2019
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-23706-1 (ISBN)

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Featuring detailed scenes of court pageantry and life-size portraits of members of the French Valois dynasty woven in wool, silk, and precious metal-wrapped threads, the Valois Tapestries are one of the most extravagant sets of hangings produced in the 16th century. The precise circumstances surrounding the tapestries’ commission and their arrival at the Medici court in Florence, as well as the significance of the specific scenes depicted, however, have eluded scholars for years. Presenting new research into the political maneuvering of the Valois and Medici courts and providing extensive physical analysis gathered during a recent cleaning of the tapestries, this volume offers brand new insight into why these magnificent works were made and what they represent.

Distributed for the Cleveland Museum of Art

Exhibition Schedule:

Cleveland Museum of Art
(11/18/18–01/21/19)

Elizabeth Cleland is associate curator of European sculpture and decorative arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Marjorie E. Wieseman is Paul J. and Edith Ingalls Vignos Jr. Curator of European Paintings and Sculpture, 1500–1800 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Francesca de Luca is coordinator of the Valois Tapestries conservation project at the Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence. Alessandra Griffo is curator of 18th-century painting and sculpture at the Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence. Costanza Perrone Da Zara and Claudia Beyer are conservators at Restauro Tessile de Beyer e Perrone Da Zara, Florence.

Erscheinungsdatum	22.12.2018
Co-Autor	Francesca de Luca, Alessandra Griffo, Costanza Perrone Da Zara
Zusatzinfo	131 color illus.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	302 x 273 mm
Gewicht	1089 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
ISBN-10	0-300-23706-5 / 0300237065
ISBN-13	978-0-300-23706-1 / 9780300237061
Zustand	Neuware