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Mosan School
Mosan School. Tradition of manuscript illumination, metalwork, and enamelwork flourishing from the late 11th to the early 13th century in the valley of the Meuse (or Maas). The river rises in France and empties into the Rhine estuary in the Netherlands, but in the context of medieval art the term Mosan refers to the stretch of river and its tributaries in present-day Belgium, particularly the area around Liège and the Benedictine monastery of Stavelot. The most important artists of the school are Godefroid de Claire, Nicolas of Verdun, and Rainer of Huy. The Mosan style is part of Romanesque art, but is distinctive because of its more naturalistic, if idealized, attitude towards the human figure. In Rainer of Huy's font at Liège, for example, the figures are three-dimensional and well proportioned and their draperies are notably antique-like. Mosan art is also noteworthy for its sheer sumptuousness, and Mosan metalworkers in particular were famed throughout Europe; Abbot Suger employed a number at Saint-Denis.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Mosan School." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Mosan School." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-MosanSchool.html IAN CHILVERS. "Mosan School." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-MosanSchool.html |
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Mosan School
Mosan School. Tradition of manuscript illumination, metalwork, and enamelwork flourishing from the late 11th to the early 13th century in the valley of the Meuse (or Maas). The river rises in France and empties into the Rhine estuary in the Netherlands, but in the context of medieval art the term Mosan refers to the stretch of river and its tributaries in present-day Belgium, particularly the area around Liège and the Benedictine monastery of Stavelot. The most important artists of the school are Godefroid de Clair, Nicolas of Verdun, and Rainer of Huy. The Mosan style is part of Romanesque art, but is distinctive because of its more naturalistic, if idealized, attitude towards the human figure. In Rainer of Huy's font at Liège, for example, the figures are three-dimensional and well proportioned and their draperies are notably antique-like. Mosan art is also noteworthy for its sheer sumptuousness, and Mosan metalworkers in particular were famed throughout Europe; Abbot Suger employed a number at Saint-Denis.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Mosan School." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Mosan School." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-MosanSchool.html IAN CHILVERS. "Mosan School." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-MosanSchool.html |
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