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The Fall of the Rebel Angels (The Limbourg brothers, 1412-1416).(Brief Article)(Poem)
Christianity and Literature; 1/1/2004; Wehle, Ellen; 97 words
; The Fall of the Rebel Angels (The Limbourg brothers, 1412-1416) Another record of disaster. God blazing like a bonfire as rows of startled angels tumble from their chairs. A girl ...
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`Book of Hours' a glorious treasure
Chicago Sun-Times; 4/2/1989; Alida Becker; 732 words
; ... the early 15th century by a trio of artists known as the Limbourg brothers and completed 70 years later by Jean Colombe. Perhaps the ... the French defeat by the British at Agincourt in 1415. The Limbourgs, whose fates were not as carefully documented as that of ...
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letter: The scaffolding stayed up for the bank manager, not God
The Independent - London; 7/27/1997; Robert Gibbs; 241 words
; ... pictures show the founders and benefactors of buildings with their projects: these are normally quite complete. The Limbourg brothers show Notre Dame de Paris and a whole series of royal French building projects in 1415 perfectly finished and bare ...
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Nature's palette: the landscapes of Jasper Francis Cropsey.
School Arts; 2/1/1992; Hellwege, Pamela; 787 words
; ... had been a subject for European painting since Les Tres Riches Heures by Jean, Duke of Berry, illustrated by the Limbourg Brothers in the fifteenth century, autumn took on a new significance at the hand of American painter Jasper Francis Cropsey ...
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JOOST CONIJN
Artforum; 4/1/2005; Allen, Jennifer; 583 words
; ... 004, named after seven children, aged three to four-teen, from a native Dutch family gone Muslim. Conijn-like the Limbourg brothers, who illustrated a book of hours for the Duc de Berry in the early fifteenth century-documents the course of a year ...
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Travel through time.
School Arts; 9/1/2002; 138 words
; ... century? Do the dagged edges of the man's tunic remind you of any fashion trends today? LAST MONTH 14TH CENTURY 1416 LIMBOURG BROTHERS ILLUSTRATE LES TRES RICHES HEURES 15TH CENTURY 1420 GREAT TEMPLE OF THE DRAGON BUILT IN PEKING NEXT MONTH 16TH CENTURY ...
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Big Deal, Tiny Art: The annual December explosion of miniatures' shows prompts a look back.
Coast weekly; 12/11/2002; Anonymous; 765 words
; ... scenes of daily life, portraits of saints, and various complex animal and plant forms. In the early 15th century, the Limbourg Brothers, working for the Flemish Duke of Berry, painted miniature cycles of the months that showed the mingling of royalty ...
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ILLUMINATION IN MINIATURE
The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 2/16/2001; JOHN ZEAMAN, Staff Writer; 787 words
; ... of Jean, Duke of Berry," from the early 1400s, is called one of the miracles of art history, but the artists, the Limbourg Brothers, are practically a footnote. In many cases, the artist's name doesn't even appear in the book, and art historians ...
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The virgin rebirth
The Independent - London; 7/5/1997; Andrew Graham-Dixon; 787 words
; ... shoulders and her long legs, she is a neo-Gothic creature - a direct descendant of the naked Eve painted by the Limbourg brothers in their celebrated illuminated manuscript for the Duc de Berry, the Tres Riches Heures. Cranach's ingenuity in ...
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