26-01-2023, 10:03 PM
Arcades have been discussed before. The term 'arcaded' has an architectural definition as series of arches interspersed by columns. This may be applied to an actual series of arches or to decorations added onto buildings or to patterns carved into stone. Arches were used a lot.
Then there is the matter of medieval artistic representations that have used this pattern. Quite a few. And one of these is De balneis Puteolanis, which has depictions of arcades nearly throughout. Arcades were associated with bathing architecture.
This pattern of a series of arches, also called arched notches or incised arches, was drawn as if carved into the side of a bathing pool occupied by the nine muses, as in The Book of the Queen.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
The VMs has bathers and arcaded architecture. However, the outside of a bathing pool is rarely shown. In You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. the representation is plain. In You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. the representation is plain in the foreground and arcaded in the back part. This is the only VMs pool with nine women bathers. There are various pools with seven, eight or ten bathers and with other numbers. There is only one VMs example with this arcaded pattern. The use of the pattern offers an independent confirmation that the nine VMs bathers should be seen as the nine Muses. Furthermore, the minimalization and color alteration in the VMs show the extent of intentional visual deception and at the same time, the essential necessity of having the pattern included in the illustration.
And certainly this is not the first connection to the era of Paris in the early 1400s, and the works of Christine de Pizan, and the Valois royalty of France. Right after the Muses of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. comes Melusine on f79v. And Melusine of Luxembourg confirms the Valois connection.
Then there is the matter of medieval artistic representations that have used this pattern. Quite a few. And one of these is De balneis Puteolanis, which has depictions of arcades nearly throughout. Arcades were associated with bathing architecture.
This pattern of a series of arches, also called arched notches or incised arches, was drawn as if carved into the side of a bathing pool occupied by the nine muses, as in The Book of the Queen.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
The VMs has bathers and arcaded architecture. However, the outside of a bathing pool is rarely shown. In You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. the representation is plain. In You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. the representation is plain in the foreground and arcaded in the back part. This is the only VMs pool with nine women bathers. There are various pools with seven, eight or ten bathers and with other numbers. There is only one VMs example with this arcaded pattern. The use of the pattern offers an independent confirmation that the nine VMs bathers should be seen as the nine Muses. Furthermore, the minimalization and color alteration in the VMs show the extent of intentional visual deception and at the same time, the essential necessity of having the pattern included in the illustration.
And certainly this is not the first connection to the era of Paris in the early 1400s, and the works of Christine de Pizan, and the Valois royalty of France. Right after the Muses of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. comes Melusine on f79v. And Melusine of Luxembourg confirms the Valois connection.