Somogy Editions d’Art – 2017
300 pages – 303 photographies
ISBN : 978-2-7572-1214-1
39,00 euros
The work accompanying this exhibition will have to be the fruit of a long work among the writings, numerous circulars and of course the rich textile bottom of the Visitation that it is deposited in the museum or lent by one of the monasteries of the ‘order.
Beyond the techniques and the different points, often published by more scholarly experts, the authors wish to emphasize the specificity of this background both coherent by its Visitandine origin and its use and diverse by its techniques and origins .
Martine Gauvard, one of the most valuable French experts in lace art, brought all her knowledge and passion to the choice of the studied corpus and the analysis of the works.
But especially, rare, the history of the plays will be published, as much as possible, offering amateurs and specialists valuable information on dating, authors, etc …