Artists of the Middle Ages

Library Bookwatch, Sept, 2004

Artists Of The Middle Ages

Leslie Ross

Greenwood Publishing Group

88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881

0313319030 $59.95 1-800-225-5800

Part of the outstanding "Artists of an Era" series from Greenwood Publishers, Artists Of The Middle Ages by Leslie Ross (Professor and Chair of the Art History Program, Dominican University of California) is a portrait of various famous and era-defining medieval artists, including Villard de Honnecourt, Andrei Rublev, the Limbourg Brothers, and many more. Black-and-white photographs of classical medieval artworks sparsely illustrate these thoughtful accounts that delve into the artists' lives, materials, methods, patrons, and more. An extensive bibliography rounds out this excellent survey and reference, as enjoyable to satisfy curiosity as it is useful for research.