The royal image : illustrations of the Grandes chroniques de France, 1274-1422 / / Anne D. Hedeman [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910495883603321
• Autore: Hedeman Anne Dawson
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1991
• ISBN: 0-585-33832-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxiv, 338 p., [7] p. of plates ) : ill. (some col.)
• Collana: California studies in the history of art The royal image; California studies in the history of art ; ; 28
• Disciplina: 745.6/7/09440902
• Soggetti: Illumination of books and manuscripts, French; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic - France; Kings and rulers in art; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval - France; Allegories; Illumination of books and manuscripts, French - France; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval; Painting; Visual Arts; Art, Architecture & Applied Arts; Illustrations.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Johns Hopkins University: under title: The illustrations of the Grandes chroniques de France from 1274 to 1422.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-328) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Introduction: Vernacular history, Latin historiography, royal patronage, and the Grandes chroniques. Louis IX's political ideology ; The tradition of regional vernacular history ; The Latin chronicle tradition at Saint-Denis -- Part I: The first illustrated copies of the Grandes chroniques. Philip III's Grandes chroniques ; Manuscripts produced during the reigns of the last direct Capetians -- Part II: Dynastic change and the representation of history in the mid-fourteenth century. Textual and pictorial innovation in John the Good's Grandes chroniques ; The courtly response in manuscripts by the ; Master of the Roman de Fauvel -- Part III: The Grandes chroniques of King Charles V. The first stage of execution (before 1375) ; The second stage of execution (c. 1375-77) ; The third stage of execution (after 1379) -- Part IV: Manuscripts produced during the reign of Charles VI. The legacy of Charles V ; Popular manuscripts and the Religion royale ; Advice to the nobility in manuscripts produced in the style of the Master of the Cité des Dames -- Epilogue: The Grandes chroniques in the late fifteenth century -- Appendix I: Artists in Grandes chroniques produced c. 1274-1422 --Appendix II: Surviving manuscripts of the Grandes chroniques and their provenance -- Catalogue of manuscripts.