Master from 1328
As Master of 1328 one will illuminators referred, in Italy (1328 to the list of merchants it. Matricola dei Merciai) of Bologna has illustrated. The work is now kept in the Museum of the City of Bologna.
style
Still closely related to the style, iconography and formalism of Byzantine icon painting , the work of the master from 1328 already shows the adoption in northern Italy of the new stylistic form and color, as is also found in Giotto's later work . The work of the master seems to be the first example of such newer visual language in the illumination of Bologna, even if it still remains largely true to the style of his contemporaries in Bologna.
Works (selection)
- Directory of Merchants of Bologna (Matricola dei merciai)
- Antiphonal (choir book) for the St. Domenico monastery in Bologna
- The decrees of Gratian ( Decretum Gratiani )
The master of 1328 has mainly secular, e.g. B. Illuminated administrative and legal texts.
Stylistic relationship with Nerio
The style of the master from 1328 is seen by art historians as very closely related to the style of the illuminator who signed a work, today in the Paris Bibliothèque nationale, with "Created by Nerio" ( lat. Nerius Fecit).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Matricola dei merciai, Bologna, Museo Civico, MS. 633
- ↑ Alessandro Conti: Giotto e la pittura italiana nella prima metà del Trecento. In: Liana Castelfranchi Vegas: L'arte medioevale in Italia e nell'occidente europeo (= Di fronte e attraverso. Vol. 326 = Storia dell'arte. Vol. 2). Con un contributo di Alessandro Conti. Jaca Book, Milan 1993, ISBN 88-16-40326-8 , pp. 103 ff., And especially p. 109.
- ↑ legal text of Justinian, Paris Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 8941
Web links
- Short biography of the master from 1328 (English) [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Master from 1328 |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | medieval illuminator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th century or 14th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 14th Century |