| ISBN |
1606060295 (pbk.) |
| 9781606060292 (pbk.) |
| Author |
Morrison, Elizabeth 1968- |
| Title |
Imagining the past in France : history in manuscript painting, 1250-1500 / [by] Elizabeth Morrison and Anne D. Hedeman ; with contributions by Élisabeth Antoine ... [et al.] |
| Publisher |
Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2010 |
| Physical desc. |
xvii, [1], 366 p. ; col. ill., col. map ; 31 cm. |
| Note |
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 16 November 2010-6 February 2011. |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-352) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Essays. From sacred to secular: the origins of history illumination in France / Elisabeth Morrison -- Vernacular literature and the writing of history in medieval Francophonia / Keith Busby -- The textualization of the past in thirteenth-century French historical writing / Gabrielle M. Spiegel -- Reading the evidence in text and image: how history was read in late medieval France / Joyce Coleman -- Presenting the past: visual translation in thirteenth-to-fifteenth-century France / Anne D. Hedeman -- Catalogue. Pt. 1: Dawning of the vernacular, 1250-1315 -- Pt. 2: Collecting the past, 1315-1400 -- Pt. 3: Enriching history, 1400-1500 -- Pt. 4: Beyond French manuscripts. |
| Corporate name |
J. Paul Getty Museum -- Exhibitions |
| Subject |
History in art -- Exhibitions |
| National characteristics, French, in art -- Exhibitions |
| History in popular culture -- France -- Exhibitions |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, French -- Exhibitions |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval -- France -- Exhibitions |
| Added name(s) |
Hedeman, Anne Dawson |
| Antoine, Elisabeth |
| Added name(s) - Corporate |
J. Paul Getty Museum |
