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Gothic Illuminated Manuscripts
During the Middle Ages, as Western Europe developed, the demand for religious and civil
documents rapidly increased. It was then that the task of illuminating manuscripts blossomed
into a fine-art, culminating in the exquisite miniatures of the Gothic period. As abstract
Byzantine elements decreased a new Western realism emerged, which characterised the Gothic
style. A sense of movement became all important,and emotion was shown by significant gestures
and expressions. It is fascinating to compare those artists who have an intense dramatic style
with others whose work is essentially refined and graceful. Mastery of composition, delicate
handling of paint and imaginative attention to detail are brought together with consummate
skill in the finest miniatures. In France, more than in any other European country,
manuscript illumination became a courtly art.
Louis IX and Subsequent French sovereigns built up their own libraries whichincreasingly demanded the services of scribes and illuminators. Religious works gave way to romances, chivalric poems, songs and works of history,in which the artists allowed their imagination full rein. It is inthese charming genre scenes that the Medieval age has been immortalised, with gentle humour, insight
and compassion.
