Antipodean Early Modern: European Art in Australian Collections, c. 1200-1600
edited by Anne Dunlop
Amsterdam University Press, 2018 Paper: 978-94-6298-520-9 | eISBN: 978-90-485-3623-8 Library of Congress Classification N6370.A58 2018 Dewey Decimal Classification 700
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ABOUT THIS BOOK 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.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY 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.
REVIEWS
“Antipodean Early Modern focuses on underpublished works of art, as well as celebrated ones, giving them greater exposure to scholars and museum-goers. The variety of methodologies, aims and results points to the richness of interpretation inspired by the collections under consideration.”
— Elizabeth J. Moodey, Vanderbilt University
“The innovation here is two-fold: bringing together a range of important manuscripts and artworks in Australian collections to an international audience to invite more scholarly attention and providing a wealth of current scholarly insights on these works. A timely, illuminating collection of essays, which combines readability and rigour for scholarly audiences as well as students."
— Erin Griffey, University of Auckland
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ContributorsList of FiguresAcknowledgments1.Anne Dunlop, Legacies of early European art in Australian collections2.Kay Sutton, Heaven and earth: the worlds of the Rothschild Prayer Book3.Kate Challis, The Rothschild Prayer Book as political, social, and economic agent through the ages4.Dagmar Eichberger, ‘Women who read are dangerous’: illuminated manuscripts and female book collections in the early Renaissance5.Libby Melzer, Medieval parchment: two Glossed Bible books in context6.Margaret M. Manion, Beginnings and endings: the shaping of the Book of Hours7.Elaine Shaw, An associate of the Jouvenel Master and the Breviary of Prior François Robert8.Bernard J. Muir, Chrysalis to butterfly: an aspect of the evolution of the Book of Hours from manuscript to print9.Jan Fox, The Sorbonne Press and the chancellor’s manuscript10.Hilary Maddocks, Thielman Kerver’s Book of Hours of 10 September 1522 in the Kerry Stokes Collection11.Miya Tokumitsu, An accessory of intellect: a Renaissance writing casket from the Kerry Stokes Collection12.Callum Reid, ‘A Very Rich Adornment’: a discussion of the Stokes Cassone13.Ursula Betka, The Dormition of the Virgin altarpiece from the Kerry Stokes Collection14.Larry Silver, Through the son: Pieter Brueghel the Younger's Crucifixion15.Charles Zika, The Kerry Stokes Schembart book: festivity, fashion, and family in the late medieval Nuremberg CarnivalIndex
Antipodean Early Modern: European Art in Australian Collections, c. 1200-1600
edited by Anne Dunlop
Amsterdam University Press, 2018 Paper: 978-94-6298-520-9 eISBN: 978-90-485-3623-8
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.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY 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.
REVIEWS
“Antipodean Early Modern focuses on underpublished works of art, as well as celebrated ones, giving them greater exposure to scholars and museum-goers. The variety of methodologies, aims and results points to the richness of interpretation inspired by the collections under consideration.”
— Elizabeth J. Moodey, Vanderbilt University
“The innovation here is two-fold: bringing together a range of important manuscripts and artworks in Australian collections to an international audience to invite more scholarly attention and providing a wealth of current scholarly insights on these works. A timely, illuminating collection of essays, which combines readability and rigour for scholarly audiences as well as students."
— Erin Griffey, University of Auckland
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ContributorsList of FiguresAcknowledgments1.Anne Dunlop, Legacies of early European art in Australian collections2.Kay Sutton, Heaven and earth: the worlds of the Rothschild Prayer Book3.Kate Challis, The Rothschild Prayer Book as political, social, and economic agent through the ages4.Dagmar Eichberger, ‘Women who read are dangerous’: illuminated manuscripts and female book collections in the early Renaissance5.Libby Melzer, Medieval parchment: two Glossed Bible books in context6.Margaret M. Manion, Beginnings and endings: the shaping of the Book of Hours7.Elaine Shaw, An associate of the Jouvenel Master and the Breviary of Prior François Robert8.Bernard J. Muir, Chrysalis to butterfly: an aspect of the evolution of the Book of Hours from manuscript to print9.Jan Fox, The Sorbonne Press and the chancellor’s manuscript10.Hilary Maddocks, Thielman Kerver’s Book of Hours of 10 September 1522 in the Kerry Stokes Collection11.Miya Tokumitsu, An accessory of intellect: a Renaissance writing casket from the Kerry Stokes Collection12.Callum Reid, ‘A Very Rich Adornment’: a discussion of the Stokes Cassone13.Ursula Betka, The Dormition of the Virgin altarpiece from the Kerry Stokes Collection14.Larry Silver, Through the son: Pieter Brueghel the Younger's Crucifixion15.Charles Zika, The Kerry Stokes Schembart book: festivity, fashion, and family in the late medieval Nuremberg CarnivalIndex
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