Siglo XIV - History Lab

Walters Art Museum. Manuscripts.

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:34:35 +0000

The Walters Art Museum makes part of its digitised manuscripts available to users. They come from various parts of the world; Europe, Byzantium, North Africa, South Asia or Ethiopia are some of the places. They can be consulted by a simple search or by using the available filters: type of book, culture, descriptive term, geographical area or subject.

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Dijon Museum of Fine Arts. Middle Ages.

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:59 +0000

The Museum of Fine Arts in Dijon has a remarkable collection of medieval pieces, the most important of which are the tombs of Philip II the Bold (1342-1404) and of his son John without Fear (1371-1419) and his wife, Margaret of Bavaria-Straubing. Both monuments come from the Charterhouse of Champmol. These funerary ensembles and other works from the same period can be studied in detail in the supplementary documentation, in the form of PDF files, which are listed on the website.

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Illuminated Manuscripts. Fitzwilliam Museum.

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:59 +0000

The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, has a number of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, including missals and books of hours, available for consultation and viewing. A partial view of these is offered in high resolution, along with detailed information about the book in question.

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Louvre Museum. Department of Graphic Arts.

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:52 +0000

This catalogue records the graphic works of the drawing cabinet of the Louvre and the Musée d’Orsay, a large collection of Calcographs and the donations of Edmond de Rothschild (engravings, drawings and illustrated books). Brief bibliographical sketches of the authors of the works are also displayed. The search can be carried out simply (top of the screen) or through an advanced search by selecting the type of entry (works, artists or exhibitions).

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Uffizi Gallery. Catalogue.

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:52 +0000

The Uffizi Gallery is located in the Florentine palace of the same name. Its construction was begun in 1560 by the painter and architect Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) under the directives of Cosimo I de’ Medici (1519-1574). The valuable collection of artistic pieces owned by this family gave rise to the museum, which was opened to the public in 1765. The online catalogue gives access to more than 4000 items; these can be sorted by author, object, subject or catalogue number. The rooms dedicated to the Sienese Trecento, with works by Duccio and Simone Martini, the International Gothic (Gentile da Fabriano, Jacopo Bellini) and those dedicated to the Renaissance, with the absolute prominence of Sandro Botticelli. Other important artists in the collection include Masaccio, Donatello, Piero della Francesca, Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Guido Reni and Caravaggio.

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Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. Collection.

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:46 +0000

Located in the Palacio de Villahermosa (Madrid), the museum was inaugurated in 1992 thanks to the private collection of the Thyssen-Bornemisza family. Its rooms house works by Duccio, Jan van Eyck, Ghirlandaio, Dürer, Holbein, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Frans Hals, Manet, Monet, Degas and Van Gogh, to name but a few. The collection can be explored online using the advanced search engine or through four sections: artists, masterpieces, permanent collection and Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection.

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