Farnese Hours

The Farnese Hours is an illuminated manuscript created by Giulio Clovio, a Croatian artist, for cardinal Alessandro Farnese in 1546. Considered the masterpiece of Clovio, the book of hours is now in the possession of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City.[1]

It contains religious stories (both Biblical and apocryphal), and illustrations with architectural borders and classical nudes.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Carney, Jo Eldridge (2001). Renaissance and Reformation, 1500-1620. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 88–89. http://books.google.com/books?id=4TBFjimrHtQC&pg=PA89&dq=%22Farnese+Hours%22&lr=&ei=1Nv8SMepMYOGsgPajPChDA#PPA89,M1. Retrieved 2008-10-20. 
  2. ^ Paoletti, John T.; Radke, Gary M. (2005). Art in Renaissance Italy. Laurence King Publishing. pp. 512. ISBN 9781856694391. http://books.google.com/books?id=EFhVehAvVyUC&pg=PT385&dq=%22Farnese+Hours%22&lr=&ei=1Nv8SMepMYOGsgPajPChDA. Retrieved 2008-10-20.