Flemish Manuscript Painting in Context Recent Research

A companion to the Getty’s prize-winning exhibition

catalogue Illuminating the Renaissance:

The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe, this volume contains

thirteen selected papers presented at two conferences held in conjunction with

that exhibition. The first was organized by the Getty Museum, and the second

was held at the Courtauld Institute of Art under the sponsorship of the

Courtauld Institute and the Royal Academy of Arts. Added here is an essay by

Margaret Scott on the role of dress during the reign of Charles the Bold.

Texts include Lorne Campbell’s research into Rogier van der

Weyden’s work as an illuminator, Nancy Turner’s investigation of materials and

methods of painting in Flemish manuscripts, and trenchant commentary by

Jonathan Alexander and James Marrow on the state of current research on Flemish

illumination. A recurring theme is the structure of collaboration in manuscript

production. The essays also reveal an important new patron of manuscript

illumination and address the role of illuminated manuscripts at the Burgundian

court. A series of biographies of Burgundian scribes is featured.