Medieval Art: A General Bibliography
By STAN PARCHIN
July 14, 2010
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| Pol, Jean and Herman de Limbourg (Franco-Netherlandish, act. 1399-1416). Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry (1405-1408/09) (detail: The Duke on a Journey). Ink, tempera and gold leaf on vellum. Leaf: 23.8 x 17 cm (9 3/8 x 6 11/16 in.). The Cloisters Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
The art and civilization of the European Middle Ages, from Late Antique and Early Christian times through the end of the Gothic period, continue to inspire the production of scholarly books about the medieval millennium. Many of them are color-illustrated catalogues of special exhibitions. Their authors are expert art and cultural historians, respected curators and archaeologists. Most of the titles recommended here can be purchased at bookstores and through the Internet. For publications covering individual subjects by region, see Medieval Art Books: Specific Themes.
General
Bartlett, Robert (ed.), et al. Medieval Panorama. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2001.
Davies, Glyn and Kristin Kennedy. Medieval and Renaissance Art: Peoples and Possessions. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 2009.
Morrison, Elizabeth. Beasts Factual and Fantastic. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007.
Stokstad, Marilyn. Medieval Art. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1986.
Townsend, Eleanor. Death and Art: Europe 1200-1530. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 2009.
Important Collections
Barnet, Peter and Nancy Wu. The Cloisters: Medieval Art and Architecture. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006.
Klein, Holger A. (ed.), et al. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art (exh. cat.). Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
Netzer, Nancy (ed.), et al. Secular Sacred: 11th- to 16th-century Works from the Boston Public Library and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (exh. cat.). Boston: McMullen Museum of Art, 2006.
Raggio, Olga, et al. The Vatican Collections: The Papacy and Art (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983.
Wixom, William D. (ed.), et al. Mirror of the Medieval World (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999.
Young, Bonnie. A Walk through the Cloisters. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988.
Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Barnet, Peter and Pete Dandridge. Lions, Dragons, & Other Beasts: Aquamanilia of the Middle Ages, Vessels for Church and Table (exh. cat.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006.
Campbell, Marion. Medieval Jewellery in Europe 1100-1500. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2009.
Cavallo, Adolfo Salvatore. Medieval Tapestries in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993.
Little, Charles T. (ed.), et al. Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006.
Wixom, William D. "Medieval Sculpture at The Cloisters." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 46 (1988).
_____. "Medieval Sculpture at the Met: 800-1400." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 62 (2005).
Ecclesiastical Art
Frazer, Margaret English. "Medieval Church Treasuries." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 43 (1985-86).
Mythology in Art
Cavallo, Adolfo Salvatore. The Unicorn Tapestries. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998.
Husband, Timothy B. The Wild Man: Medieval Myth and Symbolism (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980.
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