This timely exploration of the skilful illuminated manuscripts of Sister Eufrasia Burlamacchi (1478–1548) demonstrates her artistry within this sometime neglected artistic medium. Within the convent walls of San Domenico in Lucca where she lived and worked, Burlamacchi attained high levels of artistic proficiency through her knowledge of drawing and colour technique, composition, treatment of space and proportions.
This book highlights that Sister Eufrasia was aware of the progress illumination underwent in contact with the artists we now include in the High Renaissance. She quickly established a style which she then passed on to younger sisters to establish a convent workshop where mutual exchange was the norm. Here, for the first time, Eufrasia Burlamacchi is recognized and discussed as an influential and gifted artist in her own right.
By:
Loretta Vandi
Imprint: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 250mm,
Width: 190mm,
Spine: 15mm
ISBN: 9781848226784
ISBN 10: 1848226780
Series: Illuminating Women Artists
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 03 March 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: A Multifaceted Artist; 1 Childhood and Relatives; 2 A Walled Adolescence and Womanhood; 3 A Matter of Dependence and /or Autonomy; 4 An Eclectic Blend of Acanthus Leaves, Flowers, and Monsters; 5 A Blessed Hand, Expert in Colour, Ornament, and Chant; 6 When Means and Ends Meet; 7 Naturalism in Supernatural Space; 8 The Logic of Detail; Epilogue; Notes; Appendix; Bibliography; Picture credits; Index
Loretta Vandi was a tenured Professor of Art History at Scuola del Libro, Urbino. Recent publications include: Ornament and European Modernism: From Art Practice to Art History, 2017.
