A Prayer Book owned by the Rothschilds, an Italian bronze casket by Antico, a lavishly illustrated Carnival chronicle from sixteenth-century Germany, an altarpiece by Pieter Brueghel the Younger - much of the artwork in this book, held by Australian collections, is essentially unknown beyond the continent. The authors of these essays showcase these extraordinary objects to their full potential, revealing a wide range of contemporary art and historical research. This collection of essays will surprise even specialists.
This collection of essays showcases extraordinary objects held by Australian collections, revealing a wide range of contemporary art and historical research.
List of Figures, Acknowledgments 1.Anne Dunlop, Legacies of early
European art in Australian collections 2.Kay Sutton, Heaven and earth: the
worlds of the Rothschild Prayer Book 3.Kate Challis, The Rothschild Prayer
Book as political, social, and economic agent through the ages 4.Dagmar
Eichberger, Women who read are dangerous: illuminated manuscripts and
female book collections in the early Renaissance 5.Libby Melzer, Medieval
parchment: two Glossed Bible books in context 6.Margaret M. Manion,
Beginnings and endings: the shaping of the Book of Hours 7.Elaine Shaw, An
associate of the Jouvenel Master and the Breviary of Prior François Robert
8.Bernard J. Muir, Chrysalis to butterfly: an aspect of the evolution of the
Book of Hours from manuscript to print 9.Jan Fox, The Sorbonne Press and the
chancellors manuscript 10.Hilary Maddocks, Thielman Kervers Book of Hours
of 10 September 1522 in the Kerry Stokes Collection 11.Miya Tokumitsu, An
accessory of intellect: a Renaissance writing casket from the Kerry Stokes
Collection 12.Callum Reid, A Very Rich Adornment: a discussion of the
Stokes Cassone 13.Ursula Betka, The Dormition of the Virgin altarpiece from
the Kerry Stokes Collection 14.Larry Silver, Through the son: Pieter Brueghel
the Younger's Crucifixion 15.Charles Zika, The Kerry Stokes Schembart book:
festivity, fashion, and family in the late medieval Nuremberg Carnival, Index
Anne Dunlop holds the Herald Chair in Fine Art at the University of Melbourne. She is a specialist of the art of early-modern Europe.
