Taddeo Crivelli

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Bible of Borso d'Este

Bible of Borso d'Este

1455

The Bible of Borso d'Este is a two-volume illuminated manuscript. The miniatures, created by Taddeo Crivelli and others, were executed between 1455 and 1461. The manuscript is currently preserved in the Biblioteca Estense di Modena (Ms.

How Taddeo Crivelli worked

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The style of the art-work in the Borso Bible has been linked to the Ferrara school of painting which developed under the influence of Cosmè Tura (and especially to the frescoes that were subsequently painted to decorate the Salone dei mesi in Palazzo Schifanoia). Some of Crivelli's stylistic traits, such as his use of line in representations of clothing and clouds, also suggest Lombard influence. The elaborately decorated miniatures for the Borso Bible are characterized by saturated colouring and rich costumes that would seem to comply with Borso's luxurious tastes. Architectural spaces are rendered by means of false perspective.

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