Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence

by Thomas P. Campbell, Tom Campbell

This study focuses on the stylistic evolution of tapestry design in the Netherlands beginning with the development by Netherlandish designers in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries of an aesthetic that emphasized narrative and decorative qualities.

Genres: Art, Reference

600 pages, Hardcover

First published March 11, 2002

Reviews

[Valerie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an exquisite book to take time over. I learned a lot about how tapestries were valued especially by the rulers and leaders of Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries. My favourite little fact was how the Dukes of Ferrara and Mantua borrowed each other’s tapestries when they had an important function on where they wanted to impress guests. I now have a list of tapestries or the related cartoons I want to see ..the easiest because they are in England are the Hunting tapestries and the Raphael cartoons at the V and A. I think this is probably the most expensive book I e ever bought and it was worth every penny.