"Choirs of Angels: Painting in Italian Choir Books, 1300–1500" Exhibition
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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More than two dozen leaves of the most splendid examples from the Museum’s little-known collection of choral manuscript illuminations will be exhibited, coinciding with the publication of a Museum Bulletin devoted to the subject. With jewel-like color and gold, these precious images—which include scenes of singing angels, Hebrew prophets, heroic saints, and Renaissance princes—spring from the unique, artful marriage of painting, text, and music. The Museum’s collection includes works created for churches across Italy, from Florence to Venice, from Cremona to Naples, by some of the most celebrated painters of their day.
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from November 25, 2008 to April 12, 2009