Limbourg+Brothers

=**The Limbourg Brothers**= Paul, Herman, and Johan Limbourg (1380's - 1416) were all painters of the International Gothic style, although they also had experience with goldsmithing. This style is characterized by a use of miniaturized architecture, graceful royals, raised horizon lines, and delicate features. They were from the city of Nigmegen, in the Netherlands. Their uncle was the court painter for the queen of France, and the duke of Bergundy. This proximity to royalty affected many of their artworks, as they had knowledge of the workings and sights of royal courts. Because of this, most of their painting also took place in Bergundy and France. Their father was a wood carver, so artistic skill was somewhat prevalent in their family. They were mostly known for their illuminations of manuscripts, their most famous being their works in // The Book Of Hours. ////Belles Heures // is the only book to be illuminated solely by the brothers. Their personal style is characterized by a fair amount of naturalism, and sometimes qualities of realism. They all died in 1416, perhaps from a plague outbreak, while working on what came to be perhaps the most famous set of illuminated manuscripts of the northern renaissance: //The Book of Hours.// These are all works from the book of hours:







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