Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE We offer combined shipment when you purchase multiple different items, with an additional cost of only $0.50 per extra item. We also provide refunds for over-payments on shipping charges! (Please contact us if you need more details) With its roots in the centuries-old tradition of manuscript illustration, the illuminator profession is today recognized as one of the 281 art professions in France. It is officially practiced by around sixty artists whose activities can be as varied as restoration, teaching, the creation of prestigious documents, advertising or contemporary artistic creation. Taught at the European Higher Institute of Illumination and Manuscripts in Angers, he perpetuates excellent know-how. Art of ornament entirely painted by hand, the profession of illuminator requires mastery of numerous techniques: those of the support, the preliminary drawing, the chemistry of the pigments and their grinding in mortar, the affixing of the sheet gold or silver and its polishing, as well as the application of color and binders using very fine brushes. It is an art of constraint, inseparable but not subordinate to the text. It is also and above all an art of illumination. Because the Latin etymology of the word is clear on this subject: illuminare, to bring to light, to give to the text, to the letters which introduce and support it, to the margins and other spaces of the page a brilliance which carries the meaning, reveals it , gives it relief and adequate splendor. It is impossible not to link the practice of this exceptional profession to the period of the European Middle Ages during which it became an art in its own right. It then flourished in the service of monastic copying of the great founding texts of Christianity, then, in the Romanesque and Gothic era, of all important texts, both religious and secular. An epic as vast and rich as that of Western medieval painting of which it is the best preserved and most flamboyant example. Specifications:Printing technique - IntaglioFace value - 1.8Theme - Arts and CraftsType of physical product - Beautiful single stampsNature of sending - International letterType of bonding - GummedShipment destination - InternationalMaximum weight - 20gLegal notices - Stamp creation: Florence Gendre. Engraving Claude JumeletLeaf outline: © Eric Vandeville/agk-imagesAuthor - GENDRE FlorenceDate of issue - 02/10/2023Size - 40.85 x 40.85Number of stamps per presentation - 1Number of stamps - 12Permanent validity - NoValidity area - Valid for shipments to worldwide destinations.
Price: 4 USD
Location: Herndon, Virginia
End Time: 2024-11-04T17:38:59.000Z
Shipping Cost: 2.45 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Year of Issue: 2023
Type: Individual
Place of Origin: France & Colonies
Quality: Mint Never Hinged/MNH
Color: Multi-Color
Region: France
Grade: Gem
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
Topic: Art, Artists
Certification: Uncertified
