Millard Meiss (1904–1975)
Autore di The Visconti Hours : National Library, Florence
Sull'Autore
Millard Meiss (1904-1975), an authority on late medieval and Renaissance painting, taught at Columbia University and Harvard University in the course of a distinguished career. At the time of his death he was professor emeritus of the Institute for Advanced Study
Opere di Millard Meiss
Pittura a Firenze e Siena dopo la morte nera: arte, religione e societa alla meta del Trecento (1951) 158 copie
French Painting in the Time of Jean De Berry: The Limbourgs and Their Contemporaries (2 vols.) (The Franklin Jasper… (1974) 30 copie
French Painting in the Time of Jean De Berry: The Late Fourteenth Century and the Patronage of the Duke (2 Volumes -… (1967) 18 copie
The painting of The Life of St. Francis in Assisi : with notes on the Arena Chapel and a 1964 appendix (1967) — Autore — 12 copie
Andrea Mantegna as illuminator : an episode in Renaissance art, humanism and diplomacy (1957) 4 copie
Master of the Breviary of Jean Sans Peur and the Limbourgs (British Academy Proceedings: Hertz Trust Lecture) (1971) 2 copie
French Painting in the Time of Jean de Berry: The Limbourgs and Their Contemporaries (Illustrations) 1 copia
Studies in Western Art, Volumes 1 and 2: Romanesque and Gothic Art; The Renaissance and Mannerism (1963) 1 copia
Italian Primitives at Konopiste 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Meiss, Millard
- Nome legale
- Meiss, Millard Lazare
- Data di nascita
- 1904-03-25
- Data di morte
- 1975-06-12
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Istruzione
- New York University (M.A. ∙ 1931 ∙ Ph.D|1933)
Princeton University (B.A.|1926) - Attività lavorative
- art historian
- Relazioni
- Meiss, Margaret (wife)
- Organizzazioni
- Columbia University
Harvard University
Institute for Advanced Study - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Haskins Medal (1953)
Lewis Prize (1967)
American Philosophical Society (1963)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1953)
Fellow, Medieval Academy of America (1969)
Morey Award (1969 ∙ 1976) (mostra tutto 10)
Art Dealers Association of America Award (1974)
Star of Italian Solidarity (1949)
Corresponding Fellow, British Academy (1973)
Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (1968)
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- Opere
- 30
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 643
- Popolarità
- #39,230
- Voto
- 4.5
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 31
- Lingue
- 4
- Preferito da
- 1
The Visconti family employed one of my favorite coats of arms: a basilisk devouring a human child. Not only is this a delightful commentary of the rather ruthless nature of the Italian clans in the middle ages, it survives today, on the front of every Alfa Romeo ever made. So it is particularly interesting that the Viscontis, and this Visconti in particular, motivated by an intense desire to legitimize his position (not quite legitimately attained) as Duke, saw fit to plaster that very insignia all over his personal prayer book, making it rather like a game of 'Where's Waldo," assuming of course, that Waldo is a suitable name for a child-devouring basilisk.
On a more serious note, however, the commentary which accompanies each plate makes this an excellent volume for the study of manuscript illumination, and of Books of Hours. If I have a quibble (and it is a minuscule one), it is that the metallic ink, intended to accent those areas which are embellished with gold leaf in the original, cannot begin to convey the glory to which it refers. I might almost prefer to have the unaccented image, lest the poor pigments available damn the original with faint praise. Then again, photographing gold leaf reliably is notoriously difficult, so perhaps the spot ink serves to clarify rather than dim, in which case, I am happy to have it.
In any case, this is a beautiful book, lovingly crafted with regard to both content and production. It's a volume that should appeal to those with artistic as well as historic interest in medieval manuscripts should not be without.… (altro)