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| Keywords: Master of the Dresden Prayer Book (Flemish, active about 1480 - 1515) - The Temperate and the Intemperate - Google Art Project.jpg The Memorable Deeds and Sayings of the Romans a compilation of stories about ancient customs and heroes written in the first century A D by Valerius Maximus was widely used in the Middle Ages as a textbook for rhetoric The museum's cutting comes from a French translation of the original Latin text made for Jan Crabbe abbot of the Cistercian Abbey at Duinen south of Bruges This large miniature appeared at the beginning of book two Concerning Morals and Customs In a spacious dining hall Valerius dressed in blue on the left instructs the Emperor Tiberius to whom he dedicated his book on the value of temperance Valerius points out the joyous and intemperate peasants at the front table who cavort wildly drink fall down and sleep In contrast the nobles in the back are models of temperance evenly spaced at the orderly table their bodies rigid they eat with great sobriety Through this contrast the illuminator suggested that nobles are inherently more temperate an interpretation that does not derive from the text Yet in the hands of the witty Master of the Dresden Prayer Book the bad example of the pleasure-loving peasants is easily the more endearing one active about 1480 - 1515 6837270 Master of the Dresden Prayer Book Flemish Flemish /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/artwork/the-temperate-and-the-intemperate-master-of-the-dresden-prayer-book-flemish-active-about-1480-1515/6890475/ Master of the Dresden Prayer Book Flemish active about 1480 - 1515 illuminator /artist/master-of-the-dresden-prayer-book/6836390/ 6836390 /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/ The J Paul Getty Museum 343005 http //www getty edu/museum 3/12/2012 11 59 42 PM /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/artwork/the-temperate-and-the-intemperate-master-of-the-dresden-prayer-book-flemish-active-about-1480-1515/6890475/ 1475 about 1475 - 1480 Memorable Acts and Sayings of the Ancient Romans Valerius Maximus Tiberius Peasants Eating Tempera colors and ink on parchment 175 6890475 True 1480 3/25/2012 3 03 39 PM lido getty edu-gm-obj112310 http //www getty edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails artobj 112310 http //www getty edu/legal/copyright html Detached leaf 1470 1490 Bruges Belgium Creation w194 x h175 cm about 1475 - 1480 False 1 10344827586207 Part the-temperate-and-the-intemperate-master-of-the-dresden-prayer-book-flemish-active-about-1480-1515 The Temperate and the Intemperate t 194 Tempera colors and ink on parchment Memorable Acts and Sayings of the Ancient Romans Valerius Maximus Tiberius Peasants Eating http //www getty edu/legal/copyright html special url_id EAH15hPeAWOr1g PD-old-100 Google Art Project works by Master of the Dresden Prayer Book Medieval miniatures of dining MS 43 Getty museum Allegories of Temperance cardinal virtue | ||||
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