Roger S. Wieck

Anne van Buren

A comprehensive study of dress in Northern Europe from the early fourteenth century to the beginning of the Renaissance, Illuminating Fashion is the first thorough study of the history of fashion in this period based solely on firmly dated or datable works of art. It draws on illuminated manuscripts, early printed books, tapestries, paintings, and sculpture from museums and libraries around the world. "Symbolism and metaphors are buried in the art of fashion,” says Roger Wieck, the editor of Illuminating Fashion. Examining the role of social customs and politics in influencing dress, at a time of rapid change in fashion, this fully illustrated volume demonstrates the richness of such symbolism in medieval art and how artists used clothing and costume to help viewers interpret an image. At the heart of the work is A Pictorial History of Fashion, 1325 to 1515, an album of over 300 illustrations with commentary. This is followed by a comprehensive glossary of medieval English and French clothing terms and an extensive list of dated and datable works of art. Not only can this fully illustrated volume be used as guide to a fuller understanding of the works of art, it can also help date an undated work; reveal the shape and structure of actual garments; and open up a picture’s iconographic and social content. It is invaluable for costume designers, students and scholars of the history of dress and history of art, as well as those who need to date works of art.

Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands, 1325-1515

Illuminating Fashion

Pierpont Morgan Library

William M. Voelkle

The Bernard H. Breslauer Collection of Manuscript Illuminations

Houghton Library

Although the advent of the printing press heralded the end of the manuscript, the illuminated text still flourished through the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Many such manuscripts are works of extraordinary expressive power and have much to tell about the history of the graphic arts as well. Roger Wieck's catalogue carefully describes the extraordinary collection of graduals, breviaries, books of hours, and works of classical and vernacular literature assembled over the decades at Houghton Library.

Late Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts, 1350-1525, in the Houghton Library

Eric Zafran

Robert P. Bergman

Treasures from the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museums and Library

Splendor of the Popes

Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.)

The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life

Time Sanctified

Associate Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Roger S Wieck

ger S. Wieck

K. Michelle Hearne

Jean Poyer

Jean Bourdichon

A product for the royal court of France, 'The Hours of Henry VIII' created around 1500 by Jean Poyet

A Renaissance Masterpiece by Jean Poyet

The Hours of Henry VIII

This book features 107 of the finest examples of illuminated pages from medieval and Renaissance Books of Hours. Roger Wieck's comprehensive text introduces the Book of Hours -- a "bestseller" for three hundred years -- to the general reader, discussing its iconography, the artists who illuminated this genre, and its role as a religious text in the lives of its owners. As a collection of both stirring words and inspiring images, the Book of Hours thus comprised a series of "painted prayers".

The Book of Hours in Medieval and Renaissance Art

Painted Prayers

Thomas Kren

Curator of Manuscripts Thomas Kren

Malibu, Calif. J. Paul Getty Museum

A discussion of the popular medieval story of a wealthy knight's dreamlike journey through hell, purgatory, and heaven.

The Visions of Tondal from the Library of Margaret of York

Featured here are some of the finest examples of illuminated pages from mediaeval and Renaissance Books

Roger S. Wieck

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