Mosan art : an annotated bibliography /

This addition to the G.K. Hall series of bibliographies in medieval art and architecture takes its name from Mosa, the earlier name of the Meuse River. The author traces first use of the adjective "Mosan" to an 1881 review of an exhibition of the traditional arts of Liege, seat of the medieval diocese that dominated the Meuse valley during the 10th to 13th centuries. Mosan architects, sculptors, goldsmiths, scribes, bookbinders, and illuminators made imaginative use of Carolingian and Byzantine art forms. Their designs were rich in three-dimensional and illusionist images. Although this well-annotated bibliography provides broad coverage of medieval Europe both before and after the period under consideration, its emphasis is on major artists of Liege and the Meuse valley in the post-Carolingian period. More than 2,000 entries are arranged by subject and format, with good author and subject indexes. Recommended for college and university libraries supporting art history programs. -D. W. Heron, Stanford University