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9780300119602

European Tapestries in the Art Institute of Chicago

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  • ISBN13:

    9780300119602

  • ISBN10:

    0300119607

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2008-11-25
  • Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago

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Summary

This lavishly illustrated book presents a rich variety of European tapestries from the Art Institute of Chicago. These exquisite tapestries include medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque examples, manufactured at almost all the major centers of production in many of the foremost workshops. Among the works discussed areThe Annunciation, a Renaissance masterpiece designed by an artist in the circle of Mantegna;AutumnandWinter, based on designs by Charles Le Brun; andThe Elephant, woven after a design by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer. An international team of scholars explain the history of this previously unpublished collection and offer new designer and workshop attributions, design and source identifications, and provenance information.

Author Biography

Koenraad Brosens is visiting associate professor at the Catholic University of Leuven and a postdoctoral fellow at the Research Foundation-Flanders.

 

Christa C. Mayer Thurman is Chair and Christa C. Mayer Thurman Curator, the Department of Textiles, the Art Institute of Chicago.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction and Acknowledgmentsp. 1
A Collection and Its Donorsp. 7
The Tapestry Medium: An Introductionp. 17
Conservation of the Collectionp. 21
Notes to the Readerp. 30
Franco-Flemish Tapestries, 1450-1520p. 35
Flemish Tapestries, 1500-1750: Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges, Flandersp. 73
French Tapestries, 1600-1800: Paris, Beauvais, Aubussonp. 235
Tapestries from Basel, Italy, Holland, England, and Perup. 329
Table Carpetsp. 361
Marks and Signaturesp. 373
Bibliographyp. 376
Contributorsp. 401
Concordancep. 402
Photography Creditsp. 403
Indexp. 405
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