Timothy Husband

Virginia Chieffo Raguin

Eckhard Bernstein

Ellen Konowitz

Continuity and Transformations

Northern Renaissance Stained Glass

Gloria Gilmore-House

Medieval Myth and Symbolism

The Wild Man

Creating the Cloisters

Catherine Hess

The Getty Museum’s collection of postclassical European glass represents a well-defined chapter within the history of the medium. These objects—which range in date from the late Middle Ages to the late seventeenth century—originated in important Italian, German, Bohemian, Netherlandish, Silesian, and Austrian centers of production. The sixty-eight pieces presented in this catalogue include vessels made to resemble rock crystal or chalcedony; glass blown into unusually large or remarkably refined shapes; and glass decorated with ornament that is intricately applied, elegantly enameled, or gilded. Each object is described in detail, including provenance, bibliography, and relevant comparative examples. An introductory essay traces the history of European glass from classical times to the present.

Catalogue of the Collections

European Glass in the J. Paul Getty Museum

J. Paul Getty Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Commissioned by its magisterial patron, Jean de France, Duc de Berry, this richly illuminated Book of Hours, intended for private devotion and now housed in The Cloisters at the Metropolitan Museum, counted among the duke's large collection of prized possessions.

The Limbourg Brothers and the Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry

The Art of Illumination

Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman

Published in conjunction with a 1995 exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, this catalog features extensive explication of a relatively unknown art, focusing on problems of style, workshop techniques, the dissemination of designs, iconographic variety, the functions of the diversity of drawings, details of specific patrons and commissions, and the leading centers of Lowlands stained-glass production--Ghent, Bruges, and Leiden. Includes 455 bandw and 22 color illustrations. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Painted Glass Roundels in the Lowlands, 1480-1560

The Luminous Image

Timothy Husband

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