Main entry:

Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884.

Title & Author:

The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance / Paul Lacroix.

Publication:

New York : F. Ungar Pub. Co., 1964.

Description:

xix, 520 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
A reprinting of the 1870 ed. published under title: The arts in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance.
"With over 400 wood engravings."
FURNITURE: HOUSEHOLD AND ECCLESIASTICAL -- Simplicity of Furniture among the Gauls and Franks -- Introduction of costly taste in articles of Furniture of the Seventh Century -- Arm-chair of Dagobert -- Round Table of King Artus -- Influence of the Crusades -- Regal Banquet in the time of Charles V. --Benches -- Sideboards -- Dinner Services -- Goblets -- Brassware -- Casks -- Lighting -- Beds -- Carved-wood Furniture -- Locksmith's Work -- Glass and Mirrors -- Room of a Feudal Seigneur -- Costliness of Furniture used for Ecclesiastical Purposes -- Altars -- Censers -- Shrines and Reliquaries -- Gratings and Iron-mountings -- TAPESTRY -- Scriptural Origin of Tapestry -- Needlework Embroidery in Ancient Greek and Roman Times -- Attalic Carpets -- Manufacture of Carpets in Cloisters -- Manufactory at Poitiers in the Twelfth Century -- Bayenx Tapestry, named " De la Roine Mathilde" -- Arras Carpets -- Inventory of the Tapestries of Charles V.; enormous Value of these Embroidered Hangings -- Manufactory at Fontainebleau, under Francis I -- The Manufacture of the Hopital de la Trinite, at Paris -- The Tapestry Workers, Dubourg and Laurent, in the reign of Henry IV -- Factories of Savonnerie and Gobelins -- CERAMIC ART -- Pottery Workshops in the Gallo-Romano Period -- Ceramic Art disappears for several Centuries in Gaul: is again found in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries -- Probable Influence of Arabian Art in Spain -- Origin of Majolica -- Luca della Robbia and his Successors -- Enamelled Tiles in France, dating from the Twelfth Century -- The Italian Manufactories of Faenza, Rimini, Pesaro, & c -- Beauvais Pottery -- Invention and Works of Bernard Palissy; his History; his Chefs-d'auvre -- The Faience of Thouars, called " Henri II" -- ARMS AND ARMOUR -- Arms of the Time of Charlemagne -- Arms of the Normans at the Time of the Conquest of England -- Progress of Armoury under the Influence of the Crusades -- The Coat of Mail -- The Crossbow -- The Hauberk and the Hoqueton -- The Helmet, the Hat of Iron, the Cervoliere, the Greaves, and the Gauntlet; the Breastplate and the Cuish -- The Casque with Vizor -- Plain Armour and Ribbed Armour -- The Salade Helmet -- Costliness of Armour -- Invention of Gunpowder -- Bombards -- Hand-Cannons -- The Culverin, the Falconet -- The Arquebus with Metal-holder, with Match, and with Wheel -- The Gun and the Pistol -- CARRIAGES AND SADDLERY -- Horsemanship among the Ancients -- The Riding-horse and the Carriage-horse -- Chariots armed with Scythes -- Vehicles of the Romans, the Gauls, and the Franks: Carruca, the Petoritum, the Cisium, the Plastrum, the Basterna, the Carpentum -- Different kinds of Saddle-horses in the Days of Chivalry -- The Spur a distinctive Sign of Nobility: its Origin -- The Saddle, its Origin and its Modifications -- The Tilter -- Carriages -- The Mules of Magistrates -- Corporations of Saddlers and Harness-makers, Lorimors, Coachmakers, Chapuiteurs, Blazonniers, and Saddle-coverers -- GOLD AND SILVER WORK -- Its Antiquity -- The Tresor do Guarrazar -- The Merovingian and Carlovingian Periods. --Ecclesiastical Jewellery -- Pre-eminence of the Byzantine Goldsmiths -- Progress of the Art consequent on the Crusades -- The Gold and Enamels of Limoges -- Jewellery ceases to be restricted to Purposes of Religion -- Transparent Enamels -- Jean of Pisa, Agnolo of Siena, Ghiberti -- Great Painters and Sculptors from the Goldsmiths' Workshops -- Benvenuto Cellini -- The Goldsmiths of Paris -- HOROLOGY -- Modes of measuring Time among the Ancients -- The Gnomon -- The Water-Clock -- The Hour-Glass -- The Water-Clock, improved by the Persians and by the Italians -- Gerbert invents the Escapement and the moving Weights -- The Striking-bell -- Maistre Jehan des Orloges -- Jacquemart of Dijon -- The first Clock in Paris -- Earliest portable Timepiece -- Invention of the spiral Spring -- First appearance of Watches. --The Watches, or "Eggs," of Nuremberg -- Invention of the Fusee -- Corporation of Clockmakers -- Noted Clocks at Jena, Strasburg, Lyons, & c -- Charles-Quint and Jannellus -- The Pendulum -- MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS -- Music in the Middle Ages -- Musical Instruments from the Fourth to the Thirteenth Century -- Wind Instruments: the Single and Double Flute, the Pandean Pipes, the Reed-pipe -- The Hautboy, the Flageolet, Trumpets, Horns, Olifants, the Hydraulic Organ, the Bellows-Organ -- Instruments of Percussion: the Bell, the Hand-bell, Cymbals, the Timbrel, the Triangle, the Bombulum, Drums -- Stringed Instruments: the Lyre, the Cithern, the Harp, the Psaltery, the Nable, the Chorus, the Organietrum, the Lute and the Guitar, the Croat, the Rote, the Viola, the Gigue, the Monochord.
PLAYING-CARDS -- Supposed Date of their Invention -- Existed in India in the Twelfth Century -- Their connection with the Game of Chess -- Brought into Europe after the Crusades -- First Mention of a Game with Cards in 1379 -- Cards well known in the Fifteenth Century in Spain, Germany, and France, under the name of Tarots -- Cards called Charles the Sixth's must have been Tarots -- Ancient Cards, French, Italian, and German -- Cards contributing to the Invention of Wood-Engraving and Printing -- GLASS-PAINTING -- Painting on Glass mentioned by Historians in the Third Century of our Era -- Glazed Windows at Brioude in the Sixth Century -- Coloured Glass at St. John Lateran and St. Peter's in Rome -- Church-Windows of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries in France: Saint-Denis, Sens, Poitiers, Chartres, Rheims, & c -- In the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries the Art was at its Zenith -- Jean Cousin -- The Celestins of Paris: Saint-Gervais -- Robert Pinaigrier and his Sons -- Bernard Palissy decorates the Chapel of the Castle of Ecouen -- Foreign Art: Albert Durer -- FRESCO-PAINTING -- The Nature of Fresco -- Employed by the Ancients -- Paintings at Pompeii -- Greek and Roman Schools -- Mural Paintings destroyed by the Iconoclasts and Barbarians -- Revival of Fresco, in the Ninth Century, in Italy -- Fresco-Painters since Guido of Siena -- Principal Works of these Painters -- Successors of Raphael and Michael Angelo -- Fresco in Sgraffito -- Mural Paintings in France from the Twelfth Century -- Gothic Frescoes of Spain -- Mural Paintings in the Low Countries, Germany, and Switzerland --PAINTING ON WOOD, CANVAS, ETC -- The Rise of Christian Painting -- The Byzantine School -- First Revival in Italy -- Cimabuo, Giotto, Fra Angelico -- Florentine School: Leonardo da Vinci, Michael Angelo -- Roman School: Perugino, Raphael -- Venetian School: Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese -- Lombard School: Correggio, Parmigianino -- Spanish School -- German and Flemish Schools: Stephan of Cologne, John of Bruges, Lucas van Leyden, Albert Durer, Lucas van Cranach, Holbein -- Painting in France during the Middle Ages -- Italian Masters in France -- Jean Cousin -- ENGRAVING -- Origin of Wood-Engraving -- The St. Christopher of 1423 -- "The Virgin and Child Jesus."--The earliest Masters of Wood-Engraving -- Bernard Milnet -- Engraving in Camaieu -- Origin of Engraving on Metal -- The "Pax" of Maso Finiguerra -- The earliest Engravers on Metal -- Niello Work -- Le Maitre of 1466 -- Le Maitre of 1486 -- Martin Schongauer, Israel van Mecken, Wenceslaus of Olmutz, Albert Durer, Marc Antonio, Lucas van Leyden -- Jean Duret and the French School -- The Dutch School -- The Masters of Engraving -- SCULPTURE -- Origin of Christian Sculpture -- Statues in Gold and Silver -- Traditions of Antique Art -- Sculpture in Ivory -- Iconoclasts -- Diptychs -- The highest Style of Sculpture follows the Phases of Architecture -- Cathedrals and Monasteries from the Year 1000 -- Schools of Burgundy, Champagne, Normandy, Lorraine, & c -- German, English, Spanish, and Italian Schools -- Nicholas of Pisa and his Successors -- Position of French Sculpture in the Thirteenth Century -- Florentine Sculpture and Ghiberti -- French Sculptors from the Fifteenth to the Sixteenth Century -- ARCHITECTURE -- The Basilica the first Christian Church -- Modification of Ancient Architecture -- Byzantine Style -- Formation of the Norman Style -- Principal Norman Churches -- Age of the Transition from Norman to Gothic -- Origin and Importance of the Ogive -- Principal Edifices in the pure Gothic Style -- The Gothic Church, an Emblem of the Religious Spirit in the Middle Ages -- Florid Gothic -- Flamboyant Gothic -- Decadency -- Civil and Military Architecture: Castles, Fortified Enclosures, Private Houses, Town-Halls -- Italian Renaissance: Pisa, Florence, Rome -- French Renaissance: Mansions and Palaces -- PARCHMENT AND PAPER -- Parchment in Ancient Times -- Papyrus -- Preparation of Parchment and Vellum in the Middle Ages -- Sale of Parchment at the Fair of Lendit -- Privilege of the University of Paris on the Sale and Purchase of Parchment -- Different Applications of Parchment -- Cotton Paper imported from China -- Order of the Emperor Frederick II. Concerning Paper -- The Employment of Linen Paper, dating from the Twelfth Century -- Ancient Water-Marks on Paper -- Paper Manufactories in France and other parts of Europe.
MANUSCRIPTS -- Manuscripts in Olden Times -- Their Form -- Materials of which they were composed --Their Destruction by the Goths -- Rare at the Beginning of the Middle Ages -- The Catholic Church preserved and multiplied them -- Copyists -- Transcription of Diplomas -- Corporation of Scribes and Booksellers -- Palaeography -- Greek Writings -- Uncial and Cursive Manuscripts -- Sclavonic Writings -- Latin Writers -- Tironian Shorthand -- Lombardic Characters -- Diplomatic -- Capetian -- Ludovicinian -- Gothic -- Runic -- Visigothic -- Anglo-Saxon -- Irish -- MINIATURES IN MANUSCRIPTS -- Miniatures at the Beginning of the Middle Ages -- The two "Vatican" Virgils -- Painting of Manuscripts under Charlemagne and Louis le Debonnaire -- Tradition of Greek Art in Europe -- Decline of the Miniature in the Tenth Century -- Origin of Gothic Art -- Fine Manuscript of the time of St. Louis -- Clerical and Lay Miniature-Painters -- Caricature and the Grotesque -- Miniatures in Monochrome and in Grisaille -- Illuminators at the Court of France and to the Dukes of Burgundy -- School of John Fouquet -- Italian Miniature-Painters -- Giulio Clovio -- French School under Louis XII -- BOOKBINDING -- Primitive Binding of Books -- Bookbinding among the Romans -- Bookbinding with Goldsmith's Work from the Fifth Century -- Chained Books -- Corporation of Lieurs, or Bookbinders -- Books bound in Wood, with Metal Corners and Clasps -- First Bindings in Leather, honeycombed (waffled?) and gilt -- Description of some celebrated Bindings of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries -- Sources of Modern Book- binding -- John Grollier -- President de Thou -- Kings and Queens of France Bibliomaniacs -- Superiority of Bookbinding in France -- PRINTING -- Who was the Inventor of Printing? -- Movable Letters in ancient Times -- Block Printing -- Laurent Coster -- Donati and Specula -- Gutenberg's Process -- Partnership of Gutenberg and Faust -- Schoeffer -- The Mayence Bible -- The Psalter of 1457 -- The "Rationale" of 1459 -- Gutenberg prints by himself -- The "Catholicon" of 1460. -- Printing at Cologne, Strasbourg, Venice, and Paris. -- Louis XI. and Nicholas Jenson -- German Printers at Rome --Incunabula -- Colart Mansion -- Caxton -- Improvement of Typographical Processes up to the Sixteenth Century.

Summary:

Oil paintings are examined alongside frescos, tapestries, sculptures in bronze and marble, manuscript illuminations, objects in precious metals, and a wide range of other works. Welch explains artistic techniques and workshop practices, and discusses contextual issues such as artist-patron relationships, political and religious uses of art, and the ways in which visual imagery related to contemporary sexual and social behaviour. Above all she recreates the experiences of contemporary Italians - the patrons who commissioned the works, the members of the public who viewed them, and the artists who produced them.

Subject:

Art, Medieval.
Art, Renaissance.
Middle Ages.
Art médiéval.
Art de la Renaissance.
Moyen Âge.

Added entries:

Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884. Arts in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 358
Call No.: 0005808 GF; ID:85-B3030
Status: Available