Beasts Factual and Fantastic

Elizabeth Morrison

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Getty Publications
25 June 2007

The Arts: General & Reference; Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes)

'Beasts Factual and Fantastic' is the first in the Medieval Imagination series of small, affordable books that will draw on manuscript illuminations from the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. Often, as is in the case of the imaginary beasts that readers will encounter in this volume, artists depicted that which they did not see or know but which was nonetheless shaped by the prevailing beliefs, fears, and rudimentary science of the time. In other cases, manuscript illuminators recorded what they indeed did see - which, centuries later, reveals much about the world in which they lived.

This volume features vivid and charming details from the wealth of manuscripts in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the British Library, along with a lively text; together both word and image provide an accessible and delightful introduction to the imagination of the medieval world.

By: Elizabeth Morrison
Imprint: Getty Publications
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 217mm, Width: 197mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 526g
ISBN: 9780892368884
ISBN 10: 0892368888
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 25 June 2007
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Elizabeth Morrisonis senior curator of manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum, coauthor of 'The Adventures of Gillion de Trazegnies' (Getty Publications, 2015), and editor of The Book of Beasts (Getty Publications, 2019) and 'A Knight for the Ages: Jacques de Lalaing and the Art of Chivalry' (Getty Publications, 2018).

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Beasts Factual and Fantastic

Elizabeth Morrison

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