Exemplum : model-book drawings and the practice of artistic transmission in the Middle Ages (ca. 900-ca. 1470) / Robert W. Scheller ; translated by Michael Hoyle.

Main entry:

Scheller, Robert Walter Hans Peter.

Title & Author:

Exemplum : model-book drawings and the practice of artistic transmission in the Middle Ages (ca. 900-ca. 1470) / Robert W. Scheller ; translated by Michael Hoyle.

Publication:

Description:

xi, 434 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Medieval terminology -- Sources and documents -- Models : the deductive approach -- The surviving works -- Technique, preservation and lay-out -- Subject matter -- Current state of research -- Model book theories : the early period -- Model book theories : the later period -- Models and nature studies -- [Labor]-saving devices -- Catalogue.

Summary:

During the Middle Ages, artistic ideas were transmitted from one region to another and passed on from one generation to the next, in the form of drawings. This kind of handmade reproduction, commonly called a 'model' (or exemplum in Latin), was used to record the form and content of works of art. Some of those drawings have survived in albums or 'model books'. The author discusses the many and various aspects of these drawings with special emphasis on how they contribute to our understanding of the genesis of medieval works of art. The period extends to the fifteenth century, when artistic reproduction by mechanical means made its appearance.
The Introduction addresses such complex issues as the views of contemporary writers on the position of the visual arts in medieval thought and society, the development of labour-saving devices, the transition from drawing after earlier prototypes to the growing tendency to work from nature, and the 'emancipation' of the model in the early Renaissance. The extensive catalogue raisonne of extant model books directs the reader to more specific problems. The Appendix summarises what little is known about the role of models in Byzantine art.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

9053561307
9789053561300

Subject:

Drawing, Medieval Sources.
Drawing books.
Artists' preparatory studies.
Dessin médiéval Sources.
Cahiers de dessin.
Esquisses (Art)
Drawing, Medieval.
Tekenkunst.
Modelboeken.
Illumination of books and manuscripts.
Arts Étude et enseignement Europe Moyen âge.
Dessins et modèles Europe Moyen âge.
Art Étude et enseignement Europe Moyen âge.
Peinture et illustration d'animaux Moyen-âge.
Dessin médiéval.
Exempla Moyen âge.
Drawing, Medieval History Sources.
Art, Medieval

Form/genre:

pattern books.
Pattern books.
Sources.
Livres de modèles.

Added entries:

Hoyle, Michael (Translator)
Hoyle, M. (Michael)

Model-book drawings and the practice of artistic transmission in the Middle Ages (ca. 900 - ca. 1450)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 122388
Call No.: ID NC70.S3; ID:96-B899
Status: Available

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