Book of Hours (use of Rome) with miniatures by the Master(s) of the Beady Eyes скачать в хорошем качестве

Book of Hours (use of Rome) with miniatures by the Master(s) of the Beady Eyes

For medieval folk, seeing really functioned as a kind of believing. For those who believed in “extramission” (lauded by Plato) the eye sends out its own rays, traveling through air, then hits an object to carry the same information back to the mind. For those who believed in “intromission” (lauded by Aristotle), the sight-rays extend from the objects into our eyes. In either case, viewers would have been especially sensitive to the sightlines in medieval illuminations. When the Virgin Mary and the Archangel Gabriel gaze directly at each other in the silence of Mary’s bedroom without speaking, Mary absorbs the essence of Gabriel and his message held on a banderole becomes part of her own consciousness. In turn, the viewer staring at the locked gazes in the picture opens his or her lips in prayer, the first words on the page at the beginning of all Hours of the Virgin. Its imposing size, exceptionally fresh like-new condition, and original blind-stamped upper cover make this book entirely unusual among surviving Books of Hours. Elegant calligraphy and fine, delicate penwork surrounded by wide clean margins on untrimmed pages gracefully accommodate the numerous brightly colored paintings by the Master of the Beady Eyes. Exhibition Catalogue: https://website-lesenluminures.artlog... Book of hours: https://www.lesenluminures.com/artwor...