We are pleased to introduce our new Les Enluminures mini-series, #ARTYOUCANTHAVE. This series is dedicated to iconic works of arts from our civilization, that you really can't have... but as we've learned :never say never!
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Video entries#artyoucanthave - EP. 06 - The Epic Poem of Beowulf
April 30, 2021 In episode # 6, Sandra Hindman explores the epic poem of Beowulf, one of the most important and most translated works of Old English. The poem survives in only one... Read more -
Video entries#artyoucanthave - EP. 05 - The Sforza Hours
March 12, 2021 In episode 5, Sandra Hindman chronicles one of the first art thefts, looking at the Sforza Hours and the miniatures that were stolen from the workshop of the illuminator Giovanni... Read more -
Video entries#artyoucanthave - EP. 04 - The Majesty of Ste. Foy
February 19, 2021 In episode #4, Kristen Racaniello reflects on the Majesty of Ste. Foy, a sparkling golden masterpiece with enormous rock crystal spheres, magnificent dangling earrings, a Carolingian crown, and a golden... Read more -
Video entries#artyoucanthave - EP. 03 - The Hours of Étienne Chevalier
January 23, 2021 In episode #3, Sandra Hindman reflects on the Hours of Étienne Chevalier, the masterpiece by Jean Fouquet, one of the greatest French painters of the fifteenth century. Forty-seven of its... Read more -
Video entries#artyoucanthave - EP. 02 - The Ambrosian Virgil of Francesco Petrarca
December 5, 2020 In Episode #2, Keegan Goepfert considers one of the most famous Italian illuminated manuscripts, the Ambrosian Virgil of Francesco Petrarca. This was the humanist Petrarch’s personal copy of Virgil and... Read more -
Video entries#artyoucanthave - EP. 01 - The Book of Kells
November 13, 2020 Sandra Hindman considers the most famous of all illuminated manuscripts, The Book of Kells. Made over 1,200 years ago, this Gospel Book is considered one the world's most precious objects.... Read more