On Carolingian Book Painters: The Ottoboni Gospels and its Transfiguration Master
Lawrence Nees
A beautiful miniature illustrating the Transfiguration of Christ, radically different in style from anything else Ottoboni Gospels, has been interpreted as a later addition to this Carolingian book. This article proposes that it was contemporary with rest book and planned for inclusion but executed by an independent master painter not permanently attached writing center where produced. The also some individual artists effectively professional character who could be employed on special high-prestige projects played more important role early medieval illustration than is usually believed.
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