This class we explored the collection of John, Duke of Berry. We began to dig into his extensive private collection of works. We particularly looked at his Books of Hours, which he had many. He took this function object and made them showpieces. Him owning multiple showed that he was acquiring them more just because he could, not necessarily for the intention that they were produced for. Another interesting aspect of The Duke of Berry\u2019s collection is that he not only collected art, but artists as well. Berry brought in the Limbourgh brothers, who were some of the best manuscript artists at the time. He bailed them out of jail and gave them permanent residence is a large house. It shows how deeply invested Berry was in art at this time. It also shows the value of artists and their works among the both the average man buying a book of hour to pray with and the social elite who buy volumes of them and even house the artists who make them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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